(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) A courtroom sketch artist was slammed by political pundits and casual observers alike for a series of drawings that made Ivanka Trump look as evil as possible during recent testimony in the New York civil trial accusing her family’s business of fraud, BizPacReview reported.
Ivanka appeared in court Wednesday in New York testifying in the ongoing trial, in which her father, former President Donald Trump, has been a regular fixture.
The GOP presidential frontrunner testified earlier in the week and had several hours of combatitive exchanges with far-left judge (and online exhibitionist) Arthur Engoron.
The judge already predetermined a guilty verdict prior to the trial, and the hearing is to establish the amount of punitive damages that the state—led by partisan New York Attorney General Letitia James—is allowed to assess.
The Trump Organization is expected to appeal the outcome regardless and ask that the current spectacle be declared a mistrial, citing Engoron’s unseemly behavior and conflicts of interest.
Ivanka’s brothers, Don Jr. and Eric, also made recent appearances on the witness stand.
But as has frequently been the case, left-wing vitriol seemed to fixate on the president’s eldest daughter, who appeared well-dressed and well-kept during her testimony.
Nonetheless, Reuters sketch artist Jane Rosenberg downgraded Ivanka Trump’s beauty and gave her a menacing look.
In one sketch in particular, Ivanka’s large head sat atop an incredibly long neck as she gazed at the room with an evil stare.
BREAKING: Courtroom sketch artist hates Ivanka Trump. pic.twitter.com/uSI48V9qHu
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) November 8, 2023
Rosenberg was slammed after photos of the sketch began to spread.
One Twitter user suggested that, by making Ivanka uglier, Rosenberg would feel less bad about her own lack of beauty.
This trial is making Letitia find comfort in food. She gets fatter with every passing day.
Someone else who's insanely jealous of Ivanka Trump and her breathtaking beauty must have drawn this court sketch. pic.twitter.com/aurasKuijg
— Shannon Ford (@shannonfordUSA) November 8, 2023
“Someone else who’s insanely jealous of Ivanka Trump and her breathtaking beauty must have drawn this court sketch,” the Twitter user wrote.
Others said that it probably was not jealousy, but pure artistic incompetence that led to such pitiful sketches.
“I’m guessing the Reuters sketch artist is somebody’s nephew or something, and that’s how they got the job?” another Twitter user wrote. “Because they’re really not very good at this. At all.”
Others joined in, mocking it as the product of a child’s art project.
I thought that sketch came from a five-year-old art project. If that’s truly a sketch artist, how pathetic are they?
— Dan Vasquez (@DV652) November 10, 2023
According to the New York Post, however, Rosenberg claimed that she tried her hardest to make her Ivanka sketch reflect reality.
“It’s very hard to capture the subtleties of her likeness in such a short time,” she said. “She’s smooth and perfect! Tell my models to hold still and give me more time! Apologies to Ivanka!”
Rosenberg also noted that courtroom artists have a difficult profession because they receive much criticism.
“This bashing of courtroom artists is really hard to take,” she said.
However, many compared it to the exceedingly flattering portrait of disgraced cryptocurrency con-artist Sam Bankman–Fried, who—despite convicted of felony fraud charges last week, might have found some measure of solace in his resemblance to a young Brad Pitt.
The courtroom sketch artist in the Sam Bankman Fried trial might be the most generous person alive pic.twitter.com/8l7Nn0zCN2
— Tom Breen (@TJBreen) October 30, 2023
Prior to his testimony, in fact, Don Jr. reportedly approached Rosenberg with a copy of Bankman–Fried’s sketch and specially requested that she “make [him] look sexy.”
Donald Trump Jr. appeared to be so preoccupied with how he was depicted in court on Thursday that he approached a courtroom sketch artist, showed her an overly flattering sketch of Sam Bankman-Fried, and asked the artist to “make me look sexy.” https://t.co/1G00yQSMTs
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 3, 2023
Headline USA’s Ben Sellers contributed to this report.
