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Jackie Calmes: That scowl. The gag order. Frightened jurors. Who's on trial, a former president or a mob boss?

Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears ahead of the start of jury selection at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 15, 2024 in New York City.

Donald Trump has fussed about many things during his criminal trial in Manhattan: the judge, prosecutors, their relatives, witnesses, jurors and of course the media, for reporting on the sparse crowds outside.

Yet Trump of all people knows that his fellow New Yorkers are proudly blasé about celebrity goings-on. It shouldn't be surprising that not much of a crowd forms at the courthouse where the Don has been in the dock. After all, if you've seen one trial of a mob boss in Gotham, you've seen 'em all.

And Trump's trial — where he's charged with fraudulently covering up

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