Former President Donald Trump is likely to be held in contempt of court soon, former Apprentice contestant and White House adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman told MSNBC's Jason Johnson on Thursday evening — if not for what he has already done, then because he will be incapable of behaving himself in a courtroom setting for very long.
This comes after a contentious few days of jury selection during which prosecutors argued to Judge Juan Merchan that the former president has already violated his gag order seven times.
"Just overall, how do you think he's going to handle having to sit in trial every single day and listen to people talk about him?" asked Johnson.
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"I will tell you, I have had to sit through long ceremonies with Donald Trump," said Manigault Newman. "I've had to sit next to him during long church services or different policy events. And Donald Trump cannot focus, nor can he sit still for very long. In fact, we used to build our events specifically to address his attention deficit. We would break up the events so that he be stimulated and not fall asleep. We could slide him different information or news articles he could read while the long proceedings were going on, anything to keep him focused so he wouldn't get up and walk out. I think it's going to be difficult for Donald to sit through eight weeks of these proceedings. Sometimes they're not exciting, sometimes they're very boring. And as you heard, he sometimes falls asleep during these sessions."
"And Omarosa, also I wonder about this," said Johnson. "If he starts to hear testimony that he doesn't like or that he's frustrated by or he doesn't believe in, is there a chance that he's going to blow up or he's going to blurt out, and how would his lawyers try to handle that?"
"I would absolutely say it's highly likely," Manigault Newman replied. "You know, during the campaign, one of the things we used to say is, let Trump be Trump. The worst place you can allow Trump to be Trump is in a courtroom. Because Donald Trump will express himself. If he hears something he doesn't like, he cannot hide it, nor can he control his expressions, his emotions, his outbursts. I suspect he may be held in contempt because he's not going to be able to control himself."
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