WASHINGTON - One man brought a sign that said "Loser" and a box of golden Oreos as fuel for the day. Another brought a 5-by-3 foot flag that said "Trump or Death." The two men sat far apart, each hoping to decorate the grounds of the E. Barrett Prettyman courthouse with their version of the truth.
That was how this balmy morning in Washington began, dueling versions of America captured by scores of journalists, all waiting for the former president to show up blocks away from where he directed an angry mob nearly three years ago, at the courthouse where so many of his supporters have stood trial, to enter a plea to historic charges.