Read previewMax Azzarello, a 37-year-old from Florida, died after setting himself on fire outside the Manhattan courthouse where Trump's hush money trial is underway, The New York Times reports. AdvertisementSteven Waldman, a high school friend of Azzarello, told The Times his late friend was "heartbroken" when his mother passed." Related story"He was super curious about social justice and the way things 'could' be," a former classmate of Azzarello told The Times. AdvertisementTrump's historic hush money trial kicks offDonald Trump at the defense table in his Manhattan hush money trial with attorney Emil Bove. Reuters/Jane RosenbergTrump's hush money trial, making history as the first-ever trial of a former president, kicked off earlier this week with the selection of the jury.

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