A man who set himself on fire outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s hush-money trial was being held has died, according to reports.

Maxwell Azzarello is said to have been “declared deceased by hospital staff” according to police, NBC News said.

The time of death is not known.

Azzarello doused himself in a cleaning substance before lighting himself on fire on Friday across the road from Manhattan Criminal Court, just moments after a full jury panel had been selected to try the former president.

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