The streets around the courthouse in Manhattan were filled with protesters for and against Donald Trump. The Collect Pond park was divided in two with police fences: on one side, anti-Trump protesters, and on the other, about 50 supporters of the former president.

Some even carried identifiers of white supremacist groups such as the Proud Boys or Patriot Front. After noon, there was a confrontation between protesters from both sides, with one of Trump's supporters being chased out of the park by police. The trial against Trump is for the alleged payment to a porn actress to ensure her silence after an extramarital affair. The only anti- Trump protester in the area where Trumpists gathered was Marc Leavitt, a New York lawyer who spent the morning playing patriotic songs on his clarinet. The women who crossed into the area of the Trump supporters' area were harassed until they were forced to leave the park. They accused him of being an "infilated Democrat" One of them, dressed in an American flag jumpsuit, was chased out by police and ended up being expelled from the park as well.