Michael Cohen appeared as if he was trying to make himself invisible as he entered court to continue testifying in Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial, an expert has claimed. On the other hand, the former President looked "desperate to make his point" as he ranted over the allegations against him to the press.
Trump was in court again today as his trial enters its final stretch, with Judge Juan Merchan saying that closing arguments could begin on Tuesday, May 28. Prosecutors rested their case on Monday afternoon at the conclusion of Cohen's marathon testimony.
Observing the appearance of the two clashing men, body language expert Judi James said that they have "very contrasting body language styles and behaviours," with Cohen looking as if he is trying to hide from the spotlight, and Trump blundering to make his point as he stood against the cameras.
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Donald Trump looks 'desperate to make his point', a bod language expert says (Getty Images)James told The Mirror: "For Cohen the cameras are something to ignore. Despite at least one being angled right up his nose his expression remains impassive and his eyes gaze out on a distant horizon as though he has barely notices the media circus going on all around him."
She went on to explain: "This blank expression is seen as a desire to make oneself invisible. It’s the face people pull on the subway or in a lift to avoid stimulating attention and therefore making themselves vulnerable to possible attack."
Speaking of Trump, James said that in contrast to Cohen, Trump’s body language signals "he sees cameras as a conduit, a handy, opportunistic way of getting his thoughts across to a wider audience."
James added: "Facing them front-on he stands tall and presumably proud with his arms splayed out, delivering his messages in the open and emphatic style of a Shakespearian actor delivering a soliloquy to an audience.
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"His brows are raised, his eyes scan the space, his upper and lower teeth are visible as his mouth is held open and with his ‘script’ in one hand and the other extended, palm out, he looks as desperate to make his point as Cohen looks to keep silent."
The trial, on its 19th day today, is the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president and the first of four prosecutions of Trump to reach a jury. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
Prosecutors suggest that he resorted to these acts to conceal hush money payments made to keep information about extramarital affairs from going public and harming his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump also denies the extramarital affairs.
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