'Trump's nightmare': Expert ponders putting ex-president in soundproof room for trial

Former President Donald Trump might have to be removed from the courtroom in Manhattan if he exhibits his typical behavior — and former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance has some thoughts on how that might work.

This comes after Judge Juan Merchan gave Trump a standard defendant warning that outbursts at trial might lead to his detention — and after his own attorneys pleading with him to stay calm and not blow up.

"Judge Merchan tells Trump that if he disrupts the trial they will proceed without him & if he doesn't show up 'there will be an arrest,'" Vance said in a post on X. "I recall a trial here where a judge put a defendant in a room where he could hear but not be heard after repeat outbursts."

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This sort of situation, she added, would be "Trump's nightmare."

Vance also remarked on Trump's apparent inability to stay awake during the jury selection proceedings.

"Multiple reports from inside of the courtroom that Trump was nodding off this morning," Vance wrote. "If he can’t keep his eyes open when his own liberty is at stake, why would Americans have confidence he’s capable of focus when our country’s interests require sound presidential leadership?"

The Manhattan trial, brought by District Attorney Alvin Bragg, charges Trump with felony business records fraud for his alleged attempts to conceal a hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Bragg is effectively treating this as an election interference case, as he argues the end goal of the scheme was to conceal information from voters in 2016.

Trump denies the affair and denies that the payment was in any way illegal or fraudulent.

The case is the first of four felony trials Trump is set to face, although the other three are currently either on hold or the trial date is otherwise in the air.

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