Trump Gets Smacked Down By Judge For Blurting Out While Attorney Alina Habba Speaking

Judge Lewis Kaplan smacked down ex-President Donald Trump when he blurted out of turn during the defamation trial involving E. Jean Carroll, whom Trump was found liable by a New York jury for sexually abusing and defaming.

Trump is in court again Thursday, on trial for defaming E. Jean Carroll — the woman a jury has already determined he sexually abused in the ’90s. The trial will decide how much money Trump will have to pay Carroll — who is seeking $10 million in damages — for defaming her while he was president. Trump has said he intends to testify in his own defense.

On Thursday’s edition of CNN News Central, CNN senior legal correspondent Paula Reid. revealed the “heated” negotiations over Trump’s testimony, during which Trump blurted out, “I wasn’t at the trial. I don’t know who this woman is. I never met this woman.”

Kaplan told Trump to quiet down:

Now, the judge and Habba they’ve they’ve had a lot of tense interactions during the course of this trial. And that’s playing out here. We’re getting these live updates. They’re jumping a little bit. But the Kaplan.

So Trump actually interrupted his own lawyer, Alina Habba. This is not normal for federal court to say. “I’ve never met the woman. I don’t know who the woman is. I’ve never met this woman.”.

Trump was then admonished by the judge who said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Trump, you’re interrupting these proceedings by talking loudly while your attorney is permitted to talk.”.

So when you’re in a federal court, you only get to speak when you’re recognized by the judge. And right now, Alina Habba is talking with a judge about how she expects the testimony of her client to go down. Trump is disrupting that, which is, again, highly unusual. But along the lines of the pattern that we’ve seen a former President Trump during these proceedings, the rules that would apply to any of us inside a federal courtroom. He does not appear to be willing to abide by this. It’s creating a little bit of tension between him and the judge.

We’re continuing to get these updates. Let me tell you what’s going on. So the judge and Alina Habba are continuing to debate the specific question she’s going to ask her client. The judge said, “Miss Habba, I’ll decide what he, Trump has a right to do. That’s my job, not yours.”.

Watch above via CNN News Central.