‘Beauty of this system’: N.Y. public defender on seeing Trump sit in the same seat as her indigent clients
The circus-like atmosphere surrounding Donald Trump has distracted from the gravity of the moment, but for those who work in the Manhattan Criminal Court, today is both business as usual and business most unusual.
And it’s straight-up surreal to New York public defender Thalia Karny, who is intimately familiar with the spot where Trump will today stand before the law.
“I’ve sat in that same courtroom. My client sat in the same seat that Trump will be sitting in. It’s just very hard to envision a former president sitting in the same chair, but he should,” Karny — who boasts 25 years of legal experience — tells Raw Story. “If he's been indicted he should be in that same chair. Right? Why should he be treated any differently than anyone else?” ...