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As a man police are linking to conspiracy theories set himself on fire in a park outside the courthouse where Donald Trump has been sitting all week, witnesses described the scene inside the trial. Reporters were just beginning to relay the information that a jury had been chosen when word came in of the fire. CNN quickly carried live footage of the flames. Speaking about the incident afterward, MSNBC’s Lisa Rubin said that the “overflow” room, which is primarily made up of the press covering Trump’s trial, quickly hushed as the news was received. Want more breaking political news? Click for t…

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