Trump Lawyers Tried To Hide His Fear Of Thrown Fruit

The Daily Beast reports:

After a transcript leaked last week of former President Donald Trump decrying “very dangerous” fruits he feared protesters might throw at him, Trump’s legal team sprang into action. New emails show that Trump’s lawyers were so bothered by the deposition becoming public that they actually tried to un-make it public.

Even after The Daily Beast published a story about Trump expressing bizarre concerns about people hurling “pineapples, tomatoes, bananas” at him while onstage—“very dangerous stuff” in Trump’s words—his lawyers still tried to get the deposition that was posted in a court filing taken down.

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“Your Honor, I would like my confession stricken from the record, Also, tomatoes scare the hell outta me.https://t.co/ughczq5ztm

— Rory Flynn (@RoryFly48410259) May 3, 2022

No comedy writer is going to come up with something funnier than Trump’s deposition on “dangerous fruit.” pic.twitter.com/fsLdopyuw4

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) April 29, 2022