Judge Threatens To Kick Trump Out Of Courtroom During E. Jean Carroll Trial

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.”

“Mr. Trump, I hope I don’t have to consider excluding you from the trial,” he said. “I understand you are probably very eager for me to do that.”

“I would love it,” Trump replied.

“I know you would,” Kaplan said, according to CNN. “You just can’t control yourself in this circumstance, apparently.”

This is the second time Carroll has shared her story on the stand, but the first time Trump has heard her in person. He did not attend a trial last April that Carroll brought under New York’s Adult Survivors Act.

“I’m just going to ask Mr. Trump to take special care to keep his voice down when he’s conferring with counsel so that the jury does not overhear it,” Kaplan said after the midmorning break on Wednesday, according to CNN.

The outlet described