Former US President Donald Trump is again in the headlines for misbehaving with a judge. This time he became so enraged at the judge’s comments that he raised his hand towards him.
Actually, on Wednesday the civil fraud case was being heard in Manhattan Court.
While his lawyers were defending the case, Trump kept speaking from behind. Due to this, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who was hearing the case, interrupted the former President and asked him to remain silent.
According to CNN report, when Trump still did not shut up and kept interrupting repeatedly, the judge threatened to throw him out of the court.
The judge said that if he repeatedly obstructs court hearings, his rights will be confiscated. On this Donald Trump got angry at the judge and raised his hands angrily towards the judge in protest. The judge also scolded Trump’s lawyer.
The former President was not appearing in court for a long time in a defamation case filed by E. Jean Carroll, a witness in the sexual harassment case against Trump.
On Wednesday he finally appeared before the trial court in this case. While on the witness stand in court, E. Jean Carroll told the jury how her statements about Trump’s alleged sexual assault damaged her reputation after she went public and she was attacked with threatening messages.
Last year, a civil jury found Carroll’s allegations credible.
Trump did not appear at Carroll’s defamation trial last year, but appeared in the courtroom this week. After the jury granted pardons, Carroll’s attorney Shawn Crowley complained about Trump’s remarks before the break.
When Judge Kaplan returned from the break, he asked Trump to keep his voice down while talking to his lawyers so the jury could hear him.
Crowley then complained, being told by Trump that “this is a witchcraft” and “this is actually a fraud”. On this the judge issued a stern warning and said that you will be thrown out of the court. Shortly after raising his hand towards the judge, Trump said, ‘I would love to.’ On this, Judge Kaplan told Trump that “you obviously cannot control yourself in these circumstances.”
Although Trump was ultimately not thrown out of court, he took to social media to attack the judge in the case, before heading back to New Hampshire for a political rally on Wednesday evening.
Attacking the judge, Trump said, “I know people appointed by Bill Clinton will do the same thing.” Trump called Judge Kaplan a bad and hateful judge.