Donald Trump always finds a way to be in the limelight. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee is currently facing a trial for allegedly falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment. Trump is accused of directing his ex-lawyer, Michael Cohen, to make the payment to former adult film star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. Stormy also claims that she had an extramarital affair with Trump in 2006.
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Apart from the Stormy Daniels case - that has put his marriage with Melania spotlight - the potential presidential nominee is facing dozens of accusations from three more cases. These include federal election interference cases and mishandling of classified documents.
Vulgar balloons showing support for Trump released outside court
Amidst this, a Trump supporter took the liberty to release around 100 vulgar and explicit balloons with the faces of all the judges and prosecutors involved in multiple Trump indictments. According to Newsweek, the pink male genitalia-shaped balloons had the faces of DA Alvin Bragg, Judge Juan Merchan, and Special Counsel Jack Smith on them. They were released outside Manhattan Criminal Court where Trump was attending court.
In a video posted by local reporter Michelle Arezou Ross circulating on X, dozens of those balloons are seen floating from inside a rental truck into the city streets outside of Trump’s trial. Michelle captioned the video and wrote:
Someone just pulled up to the Donald Trump hush money trial outside Manhattan Criminal Court in a UHaul and released dozens of pink balloons in the shape of male genitalia with the faces of DA Alvin Bragg, Judge Juan Merchan, and Special Counsel Jack Smith on them.
For reference, DV Alvin Bragg is a New York District attorney prosecuting Trump’s hush money case and Judge Juan Merchan is currently presiding over the case. Meanwhile, Special Counsel Jack Smith is a part of The U.S. Department of Justice and is prosecuting Trump’s federal election interference case in Washington, D.C. - where he’s accused of being involved in the Capitol Riot on January 6, 2021.
Additionally, Judge Arthur Engoron was also depicted on the balloon as he fined Trump $355 million plus interest. He also barred him from doing business in New York for three years in a financial fraud lawsuit led by New York Attorney Letitia James - who was also on one of the vulgar balloons.
Who released the vulgar balloons?
According to the New York Post, the unnamed man who released these balloons is identified as controversial Staten Island artist and activist Scott Lobaido. The pro-Trump artist confessed that he released the balloons with all these names on it to show that ‘these guys are a bunch of d**ks.’
Scott Lobaido believes that all these judges and prosecutors are trying to ‘destroy’ Trump and the Constitution. Their alleged ‘disrespect’ for Trump - whose court behaviour has been described as absurd - made Scott take this action.
He chose to do this on Thursday as it was potentially the last day of his hush money trial. The supplies for balloon installation are understood to have cost him $1,500 and it took him two days to fix the faces of people on them.
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Video of the balloons being released
Newsweek: Donald Trump Trial Trolled by Phallic Balloons Featuring Familiar Faces
New York Post: Pro-Trump artist releases 100 penis-shaped balloons with faces of Alvin Bragg, Judge Merchan on them
