Robert De Niro, a vocal critic of Donald Trump, clashed with the former president’s supporters outside of Trump’s hush money trial.
Robert De Niro bashed Donald Trump outside of the New York courtroom where the former president’s hush money trial is being held on Tuesday (May 28). The acclaimed actor spoke at a press conference alongside officers who fought against Trump supporters in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump is running for president again while facing four criminal cases. His hush money case was the first to go to trial. New York prosecutors charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The trial’s closing arguments began on Tuesday.
Outside of the courtroom, De Niro argued with pro-Trump protesters. Trump loyalists resorted to name-calling, telling De Niro he was a “punk” and “sellout.”