Crowds gather under stormy skies for glimpse of Trump in court – again
by Chris Stein in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6DHKE)
Road closures and a huge police presence meant Trump slipped into court out of public view - but onlookers made their voices heard
After hearing that Donald Trump would appear at a federal courthouse in downtown Washington to answer charges filed against him for attempting to overturn the 2020 election, Joan Batista made plans to be outside, celebrating what she viewed as the former president's long overdue comeuppance.
But when she arrived at the E Barrett Prettyman US courthouse, what she saw bothered her. City trucks equipped with snow plows blocked roads, hundreds of police monitored the building's entrances and reporters from all around the world ringed its perimeter, hoping for a glimpse of the former president.
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