Judge Threatens To Kick Trump Out Of Courtroom During E. Jean Carroll Trial
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The judge had to ask the former president to lower his voice so the jury wouldn't hear him while Carroll testified in her defamation case.
Former President Donald Trump’s audible reactions to writer E. Jean Carroll’s testimony against him in federal court on Wednesday prompted the judge to threaten to remove him from the courtroom, according to multiple outlets.
Shawn Crowley, an attorney for Carroll, told Judge Lewis Kaplan before a midmorning break that Trump had been “loudly saying things,” ABC News reported.
Journalists in the courtroom, where video cameras are banned, observed Trump shaking his head, scoffing and angrily speaking with his attorney Alina Habba. At various points he reportedly remarked “She now seems to have gotten her memory back,” and “It’s false.” He also reportedly called the judge a “nasty guy.”
During a break in testimony, Kaplan said he would make Trump leave if he continued to disrupt proceedings.
“Mr. Trump has the right to be present here,” Kaplan said, according to ABC News. “That right can be forfeited and it can be forfeited if he is disruptive, which is what has been reported to me.”
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