Felony sentencing lacked both Trump in person and his outbursts: ‘I was treated unfairly, and I thank you’

Trump’s absence was felt in the New York courtroom, and on video it wasn’t the outlandish display many might have expected

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Donald Trump’s felony sentencing Friday morning had many of the trappings of his prior appearances at Manhattan supreme court. Queues of bleary-eyed reporters. Clusters of amped-up court officers. Whispers of worrisome internet service among concerned journalists.

What Trump’s hush money sentencing did not have: Trump in person.