The man who set himself on fire Friday afternoon outside the New York City courthouse where former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial was underway has been identified as a left-wing conspiracy theorist.
The New York Times reported that a high-ranking police official identified the man as 37-year-old Max Azzarello.
The man soaked himself with an accelerant around 1:35 p.m. EST right across the street from the courthouse in Collect Pond Park and reportedly “threw pamphlets into the air before” carrying out the act of self-immolation.
Photos taken of Azzarello after the incident showed that he was in dire condition as he was rushed to the hospital in an ambu …