Chaos breaks out at the trial of E. Jean Carroll as Trump storms out

Chaos erupted Friday during the defamation trial of E. Jean Carroll when Donald Trump left the court and the judge warned his lawyer Alina Habba that she was about to “spend time in jail.” The former president, 77, dramatically walked out when Carroll’s attorney Roberta.

Kaplan said the jury should punish Trump, claiming “he thinks the rules don’t apply to him.” Kaplan also reminded the jury that another verdict last year found that Trump had sexually assaulted Carroll and then defamed her by claiming they had never met.

“The sexual assault happened – and Donald Trump’s denials and blatant accusations against her were all complete lies.” Kaplan’s statement followed a blockbuster back-and-forth before closing arguments that saw Habba and Judge Lewis Kaplan lock horns again.

“You’re about to spend some time in jail,” Senior U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan warned Habba. ‘Sit down’.

The tense discussion was sparked by Habba attempting to introduce a slideshow of tweets they had not presented as evidence. “You’re not going to use a slide to indicate how many tweets there were, you’re not going to use that slide, period,” Kaplan then hit back. “The record will show that Mr. Trump just stood up and left the courtroom,” Judge Kaplan said.

Trump’s lawyer Michael Madaio then sat down next to Habba in his client’s chair and the judge told the lawyers to stop moving. Trump waved to his fans as he headed to court on Friday morning, before the dramatic start to the hearing. He left Trump Tower with Habba after the defense presented their case against the Elle columnist, the writer who accuses him of sexually assaulting her at a department store in the 1990s.

It followed a dramatic Thursday in court where Trump dramatically took the witness stand and testified for just three minutes. Trump faces up to $10 million in damages for defaming Carroll by claiming he never met her when she accused him of sexual assault.

From the stand, Trump told a civilian jury that he wanted to defend himself and “the presidency” by making accusations that were “completely false.” Before testifying, he was reprimanded by the judge for speaking too loudly from his seat, and the judge then repeatedly interrupted him during his testimony, forcing him to stick to a yes or no decision.

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