‘Trump Slammed The Table in Anger,’ Called Judge a ‘Nasty Guy’: MSNBC Reports on Courtroom Antics at E. Jean Carroll Trial

Donald Trump apparently couldn’t conceal his anger as E. Jean Carroll testified about how the former president’s “lies” about how he “ended the world” she had been living in, according to MSNBC reporter Rehema Ellis.

Trump was found liable last year of sexually abusing and defaming Carroll, but that jury did not find evidence to conclude that he raped her. Trump was ordered to pay Carroll $5 million in damages, but he is appealing that decision. The jury in this trial is deciding what amount to award Carroll for Trump’s continuing defamation.

“Let me take you inside the courtroom,” Ellis told Andrea Mitchell, continuing:

One of the things the judge said early on was that he didn’t want either side in this proceeding to make any remarks heard within earshot of the jury. And yet…while E. Jean Carroll is on the stand in direct examination, and during her statements, Trump could be heard saying Carroll’s statements are false. “Now, she seems to have gotten her memory back.” At one point, Trump even slammed the table in anger, and when Judge Kaplan told his attorney, Alina Habba, to “sit down,” Trump was heard saying, “nasty guy.”

So when they went on break, after the break, the judge, before the jury was brought into the courtroom, the judge said, “I’m going to ask Mr. Trump to take special care to keep his voice down so that the jury does not overhear him.” In another instance where it was between the judge and Trump’s defense attorney, she was saying something about what she was going to be asking E. Jean Carroll once they came back and it was her turn for cross-examination. Judge Kaplan said, “Lawyers don’t tell me what they’ll be asking, I make the rulings here. Sit down.” This has been going on and on like that.

Watch the clip above via MSNBC.