Yesterday, former president Donald Trump appeared at the downtown Manhattan courthouse for the start of his civil fraud trial against the New York attorney general’s office.
The charges levied against him by the New York Attorney General, Letitia James are in addition to four separate criminal charges the ex-commander-in-chief is facing. Trump was found liable for 250 million dollars worth of fraud last week by Judge Arthur Engoron.
Trump voluntarily appeared in court along with his legal counsel, in his own words, “Because I want to watch this witch hunt myself.” But when the cameras rolled in, as permitted by Judge Engoron, so did the memes; specifically in regards to the sitcom-like approach the camera operators took when introducing the trial’s “main characters.”
Complete with a fourth-wall-breaking smile from Engoron even Jim Halpert would be proud of, people couldn’t help but add their own captions and music.
In addition to Engoron’s infectious smile, the internet paid special attention to Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba; specifically her 2070 Ti ASUS gaming laptop with blue underglow and dynamic color rotation.
gamer lawyer brought the 2070ti asus laptop with the blue underglow to the court hearing pic.twitter.com/0wDoSJKz3P
— Ryan K. Rigney (@RKRigney) October 2, 2023
“She's got runescape running during the proceedings for sure,” @OhDougless tweeted. While it’s true that Habba’s laptop was quite possibly the most capable in the courtroom, its non-professional aesthetic was enough to trigger a whole new round of trial memes.
Just wait until you see the rig I'm going to set up in the oval office https://t.co/Yz2b4V8of9
— Ace Watkins (@GamerPres20XX) October 3, 2023
devs: "we take toxicity very seriously and act on it"
— Moist Esports (@MoistEsports) October 3, 2023
at least one person in your lobby every game: pic.twitter.com/lJG9Ul9M70
Surprised anyone was able to hear the judge with the fans from that gamer laptop running at the "nearly" silent mach 3 setting.https://t.co/YWrDODMD9f
— Obsulete (@ObsoleteEvil) October 2, 2023
And finally, no big American political event would be complete without the people from r/PhotoshopBattles taking a crack at it. Here are some of the best fraud trial photoshops to complete our meme coverage of Trump’s opening day at the downtown Manhattan courthouse.
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