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Don dares judge to kick him out
Donald Trump threw his hands in the air and said he’d “love it” if the judge at his New York defamation trial threw him out of court for loudly ripping sex-abuse accuser E. Jean Carroll as she testified Wednesday.
The “Ask E. Jean” advice columnist’s lawyers twice complained that the former president was providing running commentary to his team within earshot of the jurors — including calling Carroll’s testimony “false” and grousing that “she now seems to have finally gotten her memory back.”
“Mr. Trump has the right to be present here. That right can be forfeited if he is disruptive . . . and if he disregards court orders,” Manhattan federal Judge Lewis Kaplan warned after first cautioning Trump, 77, to “keep his voice down” when talking to his attorneys.
“Mr. Trump, I hope I don’t have to consider excluding you from the trial. I understand you are very eager for me to do that,” Kaplan said.
“I would love it,” Trump taunted, cutting the judge off as he theatrically thrust his hands in the air.
“I know you would,” the judge shot back. “You just can’t control yourself in this circumstance, apparently.”
“You can’t either,” Trump responded.
Finally face-to-face
Carroll, who is seeking $10 million in damages from Trump, was the first witness to take the stand in her case against the real estate tycoon — coming face-to-face with him for the first time while testifying in court.
The GOP presidential candidate returned to the lower Manhattan courthouse Wednesday morning — fresh off a 2024 campaign event in New Hampshire — after attending jury selection and opening statements the previous day.
He was seen with odd red marks on his right hand as he waved while leaving Trump Tower, but they had mysteriously disappeared by the time he got to the courtroom.
Trump later ripped Kaplan in a rant on his platform Truth Social that spanned five posts, calling the judge “totally biased and [a] hostile person.”
Additional reporting by Kyle Schnitzer