A pro-Donald Trump artist has released 100 penis-shaped balloons outside Manhattan’s Criminal Court as the ex-President’s hush money trial continues.
Scott Lobaido, an activist from Staten Island, released the “art installation” with a number of Trump’s legal foes pictured on the phallic blimps.
US Special Council Jack Smith, Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan and District Attorney Alvin Bragg all featured on the balloons released on Thursday.
The installation cost approximately $1,500 and Lobaido took two days to affix the faces onto them.
Pro-Trump artist releases 100 penis-shaped balloons with judge’s face on
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Lobaido told The New York Post: “As a New Yorker, this is how we talk.”
He also claimed Smith, Merchan and Bragg were hoping to “destroy” Trump and the “constitution”.
Smith has been involved in bringing separate federal charges against the 45th President, including over the mishandling of classified documents in Mar-a-Lago.
Lobaido revealed he chose Thursday to release the balloons because it was potentially the last day of the trial, adding the reaction was positive.
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Donald Trump appearing outside of courtReutersThe phallic balloons were put on display as Trump’s hush money trial involving adult actress Stormy Daniels continues.
Trump, who pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, is accused of directing his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen to hand over $130,000 to keep Daniels quiet about an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 US Presidential Election.
During the trial, Daniels claimed she spanked Trump with a magazine emblazoned with his face on in one sexual encounter.
Cohen admitted to calling his former boss “d*****s Donald” and other vulgar statements under cross-examination.
The installation cost approximately $1,500 and Lobaido took two days to affix the faces onto them
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Trump faces a number of legal woes ahead of the upcoming election on November 5.
He was snapped with a mugshot in Georgia over the Peach State’s probe alleging 13 criminal counts relating to election interference.
A federal investigation into January 6 and a probe into the alleged mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago in hot water.
Despite a difficult few months facing Trump legally, there is no constitutional measure which would block the 45th President from running for the Oval Office from behind bars.
Socialist Eugene Debbs received more than 900,000 votes while being banged up at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
Trump’s potential White House comeback would make him just the second Commander-in-Chief to serve two non-consecutive terms in the Oval Office, with Grover Cleveland achieving the same feat in the 19th century.