‘Screaming’ Court Staffer Arrested, Trump Told to Simmer Down in Dramatic NY Trial
‘Screaming’ Court Staffer Arrested, Trump Told to Simmer Down in Dramatic NY Trial
REUTERS/Brendan McDermidDonald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial was filled with even more drama than usual on Wednesday with a court employee arrested for a bizarre outburst, and a judge admonishing Trump for being a little too noisy.Judge Arthur Engoron, who previously handed Trump a gag order fo...
Judge Arthur Engoron, who previously handed Trump a gag order for attacking a court clerk on social media, ordered the former president to quiet down after he expressed frustration and interrupted real estate appraiser Doug Larson’s testimony by speaking loudly to his legal team.
New York State lawyer Kevin Wallace had complained to Engoron, saying that Trump’s “exhortations” were distracting to those on the witness’ side of the room, the Associated Press reported.
A few hours later, a reporter for Law 360 reported that an unnamed woman had “walked up to the front of the [public] gallery, approaching ‘the well’ where Trump was seated.” She was immediately confronted by law enforcement, who told her to return to her seat then later led her out of the courtroom.
In a statement to The Independent, a spokesperson for New York State courts said the woman was a court employee who had since been placed on administrative leave. She was “yelling out to Mr. Trump indicating she wanted to assist him,” the spokesperson said.
During a break in the trial, Trump vented his anger, saying, “The government lied… They didn’t reveal all the evidence that made me totally innocent of anything that they say.”
So your defense attorneys certainly will, right? And you'll be completely exonerated, right?
No, because the Derp State is going to hide all the evidence so Trump's lawyers can't release the information. The only other person who has the info is Trump's Canadian girlfriend, you've never met her since she goes to a different school.
I mean, if such evidence exists, his defense would already have it from the prosecutors due to laws that require prosecutors to turn over any exculpatory evidence.
So, his lawyers better hurry up and exonerate him, because that millstone of justice is grinding ever closer. 🍿
The fact that she was charged with contempt of court but trump hasn’t is mind boggling. The fact that he can disrupt the proceedings and use the courthouse to incite his robotic army of violent morons is mind boggling. What the fuck is going on here?
What the fuck is going on here?
Death by a thousand cuts.
I listen to Serious Trouble, a legal podcast that likes political things. One of the things I've learned is that there's two types of contempt of court: stuff that happens in front of the judge and stuff that doesn't. If it happens in front of the judge, the judge can act on it pretty much immediately. If it doesn't happen in front of the judge, they have to investigate.
He interrupted a testimony in progress. Seems like the judge would be able to see him just fine
That's a planned circus. I bet he wants to be held in contempt, I bet there's a ploy there. And I bet the judge knows it, sees through it and is biding back, because of it.
Two-tiered "justice" system in action. Glad you finally saw it.
Slow coup in progress tbqfh
The reaction of his supporters to his being jailed is a very real factor to consider, like it or not, the judge has to weigh public safety as well.
I get the idea, but it's akin to saying "let's not enforce the law because these people might break more laws". It says to the public: to escape justice, you have to be violent enough that people fear you.
LOL nah . Maybe we should have just let him steal the 2020 election too. Because we wouldn’t want to upset the people who literally want to kill us.
Fuckin' Cult 45ists just can't help themselves.
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Let the tiki torches burn while they take their turns, singing them racist ass songs.
Drive through a crowd full of blacks and browns, then tell the Cops they did nothing wrong.
They walk amongst us.
Sus
"A negative outcome in the trial may mark the downfall of his real estate business."
What's the negative here? Seems like just an outcome to me. Shady business leaders do shady things, get caught, get shut down. Natural consequence.
Fucking trumpanzee just lost her jeerb for fat fuck lmao.
What a fucking circus; organised chaos.
"They didn’t reveal all the evidence that made me totally innocent of anything that they say"
Emphasis mine, but that's an interesting choice of words. Usually someone would say the evidence shows or demonstrates they're innocent. Or they might accuse the others of withholding or hiding evidence. But "made" sounds a lot like there was manipulated or manufactured information Trump was hoping that the case would rely on.
Perhaps he's just referring to his "you can't charge me, the President is immune to that" line or the cherry-picked property valuations. But it feels suspicious as all get-out.
For some reason, this reminds me of “The Royal Tennenbaums” when Royal is exposed for faking his cancer and he turns to his son and tries to convince him that it is a good thing because now he’s not going to die.
He basically talks like a third-grader, so I wouldn't look at the choice in words like a smart person.
That said, if there is truly exculpatory evidence it would be given in discovery and can be discussed with witnesses on cross-examination. If there is actual evidence being hidden, I can't imagine the judge or prosecutor would want to be associated with an appeal so basic.
It was this woman, wasn’t it,..
Is this the MAGA version of "leave Brittany alone"?
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