Drawing Day Four of The Carroll V Trump Civil Rape Trial
Lots of sidebars today
It was a long day, so I am just going to post the drawings tonight. I hope you can get an idea from my words and sketches, which are not in any particular order. The whole day was mostly cross examination of Ms. Carroll from Trump’s lawyer Tacopina. She was poised and strong, only occasionally showing a slight frustration in her responses. Before answering some questions, she took moments of noticable silence to choose the right words; other times she curtly answered quickly. Mr. Tacopina, Trump’s lead attorney, seemed disorganized, something that annoyed Judge Kaplan. There were numerous sidebars. It seems as if Mr. Tacopina is trying to show that Ms. Carroll is untruthful, made it all up for money and fame, but she is pushing back. He is trying to point out inconsistencies. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty, and of course it’s hard to know what will happen. But Ms. Carroll’s testimony is strong and believable, in my opinion.
I used different pencils today, and touches of color. I brought a tiny watercolor set and a brush with water to add some color. Tell me what you think. One thing about working on paper as opposed to drawing digitally, is one has to scan the drawings at the end of the day. And the subtleties of grey pencil and light watercolor make for difficult scanning…I’m not particularly good at it!
I suggest you read an account of the trial each day on your favorite news outlet to go along with my drawings. Most major publications are covering it. I saw (and spoke to some) reporters from Fox, The Guardian, Daily Beast, NBC, Washington Post, The New York Times and I am sure many more. CNN seems to cover it every evening as well.
I won’t be there tomorrow, I have a previous commitment to live draw the United Nations World Press Freedom Day. For that, I can bring my iPad and will draw digtially for a change!
Ooph some of those quotes are heavy and sad, but also strong. It’s interesting seeing the color vs. the uncolored drawings. The uncolored ones feel more sober and the colored ones feel more ‘enthusiastic’, maybe because of the yellow? But I’m just reacting at a gut level on first glance.
One thought about Tacopina’s ‘shuffling’ or seeming lack of organization. I’ve sat in jury duty twice, and in both cases the defense attorney acted exactly that way, until their closing arguments when suddenly they were like a different person, all buttoned up and polished. I don’t know why they did it, but my guess was to confuse the jury during the bulk of the trial, because if they acted disorganized it allowed the information to reach the jury in a disorganized fashion and thus weaken any strength of the prosecution and witnesses arguments. I don’t know, just a guess. Will be interested to hear how Tacopina acts in his final arguments.
Have fun at the UN, sounds cool! And thanks for all this witnessing. A really unique and personal way to see this important trial unfold.
...silent for 76 years... thankful we are finally hearing her voice 🙏🏼💪🏻