Donald Trump fined $10,000 for breaking the gag order in his $250,000 fraud case in New York...
From NBC
Donald Trump stormed out of a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday after a heated day in court that saw the former president called to the witness stand in his $250 million fraud case and fined $10,000 for violating a gag order.
Trump's abrupt departure appeared to surprise even his own lawyers and his Secret Service agents, who went scurrying after him. He returned to the courtroom after the court day ended, and after his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, finished his contentious testimony.
Judge Arthur Engoron handed down the financial penalty after calling Trump to testify under oath in the afternoon about who he was talking about when he told reporters earlier in the day that the person sitting next to the judge was "very partisan."
Trump said he was referring to Cohen, who he's previously called a rat, a liar and a felon.
The judge asked Trump if he'd previously referred to his law clerk as "partisan" and Trump said, "maybe" he had referred to her as not fair because she's "very biased."
But, Trump insisted, he was referring to Cohen when he told reporters earlier that Engoron is “a very partisan judge with a person who’s very partisan sitting alongside him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is.”
Engoron's law clerk sits next to him and has been the subject of complaints from Trump's team, including earlier Wednesday, when Trump lawyer Alina Habba asked that there be no eye-rolling or whispers from the bench during her questioning of Cohen.
Engoron said he found Trump's testimony "not credible." He fined Trump for violating the gag order he issued earlier this month after the former president had smeared his law clerk on social media.
A red-faced and angry-looking Trump stormed out of the courtroom about 45 minutes later after the judge denied a motion from his lawyers on a separate legal issue. Trump lawyer Cliff Robert had seized on Cohen's testimony that Trump never explicitly instructed him to inflate his financial statements to ask the judge for a directed verdict dismissing the AG's claims about the statements, which Engoron refused.
The abrupt departure appeared to catch even his attorneys by surprise and caused gasps throughout the courtroom.
Donald Trump abruptly leaves the courtroom after Judge Engoron denies his defense’s request for a directed verdict:
— Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) October 25, 2023
“The witness just admitted that we won the trial. And the judge should end this trial immediately.” pic.twitter.com/31tyEyV7d3
6 comments:
10g's he about to make a budget to get his sh*t off. Leave my boy alone.
This is an expose' on maritime law, how corrupt the judicial system, attorneys and judges are, and how it serves the corporations and not the U.S. Constitution.
Wow I’m so surprised not! This man will keep breaking it. This thing can’t hold water. Garbage always spills garbage
The original snake oil salesman. His stans eat it up every time. If he couldn't win at the height of Trump mania in 2020, he doesn't stand a chance in 2024. His old azz supporters are dying off faster than he's gaining any new ones.
$10k? He wiped his a$$ with that!! If he was Black, he'd be under the jail by now!!
It Just Pi$$E$ Me Off, That This Clown Will NEVER See The Inside Of A JAIL-CELL!! Something That He So Rightfully Deserves, Even Though His LIES & ANTICS Will Continue...
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