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Bringing Trump’s Trial to Life

THERE WAS A NONSTOP PARADE of recognizable faces at former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial. On the witness stand, in the audience and in the overflow room, high-profile figures, Trump allies and even primetime news anchors made an appearance at 100 Centre Street in New York City.

But the best-dressed person in the courtroom was not among that crowd. Instead, she was one of three court sketch artists who spent their days scribbling on large canvases, documenting the historic criminal trial—and eventual conviction—of a former U.S. president. Isabelle Brourman—who often sported a large, bedazzled headband and tights

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