Trump throws hands in air, says he’d ‘love it’ if judge booted him for ripping E. Jean Carroll during testimony
NY Post
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 a right to be present here but that right can be forfeited if he is disruptive … or disregards our 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. I would love it,” Trump taunted, cutting the judge off as he theatrically gestured with his hands.
“I know you would like that, because you just can’t control yourself in this circumstance, apparently,” the judge said.
