{"id":35627,"date":"2023-10-25T22:31:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T22:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innodebt.com\/politics\/inside-the-courtroom-as-donald-trump-is-forced-to-take-the-stand-is-fined-and-then-storms-out\/"},"modified":"2023-10-25T22:31:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T22:31:17","slug":"inside-the-courtroom-as-donald-trump-is-forced-to-take-the-stand-is-fined-and-then-storms-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innodebt.com\/?p=35627","title":{"rendered":"Inside the courtroom as Donald Trump is forced to take the stand, is fined and then storms out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5xkdt2002x68p0hd2l36fu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Judge Arthur Engoron wanted to hear directly from Donald Trump.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17h00023b6ifesawl2n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      After Trump earlier Wednesday had apparently spoken about Engoron\u2019s law clerk \u2013 in violation of the judge\u2019s gag order \u2013 Engoron\u00a0briefly paused the New York civil fraud trial testimony and\u00a0said he was\u00a0\u201cgoing to hold a hearing right now\u201d\u00a0on the matter and would call his first witness: Donald J. Trump.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17h00033b6iqhdxf3zi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Engoron asked Trump if he would like to be on the witness stand. Trump didn\u2019t hesitate, pushing back his seat at the\u00a0defense\u00a0table instantly to stand and walk into the witness box.\u00a0Wearing a blue tie, pinstripe shirt and navy suit, Trump\u00a0raised his right hand, and swore to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17h00043b6i48u6kb8g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Trump\u2019s surprise appearance as a witness under questioning from the judge was an astonishing moment even in a year of unprecedented firsts for a former president who has been indicted four times and now faces the prospect of criminal trials all playing out while he runs for the White House in 2024.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17h00053b6iuoqefcf6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      This episode \u2013 where Trump\u2019s alleged violation of a gag order by attacking his perceived opponents could, in theory, have led to his imprisonment \u2013 was a stark reminder of the difficulty he will face navigating his campaign rhetoric with the legal realities and constraints of the courtroom.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17h00063b6iln8qz7sp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Once Trump was on the stand,\u00a0Engoron put on his lawyer hat and launched into a calm interrogation of the former president, reading back\u00a0what Trump had told reporters outside the courtroom only hours earlier.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17h00073b6iafatdgrn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cThis judge is a very partisan judge with a person who is very partisan sitting alongside him \u2013 perhaps even much more partisan than he is,\u201d Trump had said.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17h00083b6irbxmgz9s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Before lunch, Trump\u2019s lawyers claimed his statement was not about the judge\u2019s clerk, but about Michael Cohen,\u00a0Trump\u2019s former lawyer and fixer,\u00a0the witness who had also been sitting next to the judge. It was\u00a0a claim that strained credulity, given Trump\u2019s previous attacks.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17h00093b6inzl729mq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      But Engoron wanted to hear it directly from Trump.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17h000a3b6i8zlucr2f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cTo whom were you referring,\u201d Engoron asked Trump about his comments in the hallway.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17h000b3b6ifhpl32dd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cYou and Cohen,\u201d Trump said.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17h000c3b6iwwyyri3j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cAre you sure you didn\u2019t mean the person on the other side?\u201d Engoron asked, a reference to his clerk, who was still seated, keeping a straight face, just to his right.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17h000d3b6i26xrk7n0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cYes,\u201d I\u2019m sure,\u201d Trump responded.\n  <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/clo6b5bnu001l3b6i9vos4fko@published\" data-component-name=\"video-resource\" data-editable=\"settings\" class=\"video-resource\" data-fixed-ratio=\"16x9\" data-parent-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/h_d54793305bb5ebc5dc00d0a42d152860@published\" data-video-id=\"politics\/2023\/10\/25\/trump-courtroom-new-york-trial-cohen-vpx.cnn\" data-live=\"\" data-analytics-aggregate-events=\"true\" data-custom-experience=\"\" data-asset-type=\"hlsTs\" data-medium-env=\"prod\" data-autostart=\"unmuted\" data-show-ads=\"true\" data-source=\"CNN\" data-featured-video=\"true\" data-headline=\"An upset Trump speaks to reporters after storming out of court\" data-description='Former President Donald Trump spoke to reporters after he&lt;a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-civil-fraud-trial-10-25-23\/h_6d61afd4293b4425606460f055fe1a9a\" target=\"_blank\"&gt; \"stormed\" out of a courtroom &lt;\/a&gt;where the New York civil fraud trial against him continues. 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I think we\u2019ve made that clear,\u201d Trump said, noting they had \u201cput up a picture\u201d that the judge didn\u2019t want up and then they had then taken it\u00a0down.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17h000k3b6iqi28a9vs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Engoron then turned to Trump, asking whether he always referred to Cohen \u201cas Michael Cohen?\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17i000l3b6iy863qnwb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Trump responded no, and his lawyers piped in to note Trump had much more derogatory ways he talked about his former lawyer and fixer.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17i000m3b6i1jx89aw7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Engoron then asked whether any other lawyers wanted to question Trump. None stepped forward, and he excused his witness.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17i000n3b6icm6l4aap@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Once Trump was seated, Engoron said, \u201cAs the trier of fact, I find that the witness is not credible,\u201d noting Trump\u2019s past comments about his clerk and the fact there was a barrier between the judge and Cohen in the witness box.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17i000o3b6inzhlpyun@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Engoron said he was fining Trump $10,000 for his comments.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17i000p3b6ix2ahrcbm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The ruling prompted an objection from Trump\u2019s attorneys, who argued it couldn\u2019t be proven who Trump was referring to. They also took the opportunity to complain about the clerk\u2019s outsized role sitting beside Engoron \u2013 after\u00a0attorney\u00a0Alina Habba had already accused the clerk in the morning of making \u201ceye rolls\u201d at the Trump team\u2019s questions.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17i000q3b6i1p8zspvs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cI do not like having eyes rolled,\u201d Habba said. \u201cI do not like being\u00a0yelled\u00a0at by law clerks who did not earn the robe.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17i000r3b6i7s3j0v3s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Engoron said he would reconsider his motion, but noted that the complaints being raised were merely proving \u201cmy exact point\u201d that Trump was concerned about the clerk when he spoke.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17i000s3b6icraechkh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cI\u2019ve reconsidered, the ruling stands,\u201d Engoron said. \u201cDon\u2019t do it again or it\u2019ll be worse.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17i000t3b6ikxpiqkky@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Trump did not visibly react to Engoron, staring straight ahead as the court proceedings got back underway and Cohen returned to the stand. He remained through most of the testimony with his arms folded, watching Cohen testify under cross-examination from his attorney, Cliff Robert.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17i000u3b6i7g74wji8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      But as Cohen\u2019s testimony wrapped up, the former president threw up his arms alongside Habba, seated beside him, after Cohen testified that Trump had not directly told him to inflate his financial statements, contradicting his earlier testimony. (Cohen later clarified that Trump didn\u2019t ask him directly but he implied it by speaking like a \u201cmob boss.\u201d)\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17i000v3b6iawfug1fd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Robert then turned back to Engoron and made a motion for a\u00a0directed verdict to\u00a0dismiss\u00a0the trial because Cohen was a key witness for the New York attorney general.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6ai17i000w3b6ij9cj0l2o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cDenied,\u201d Engoron immediately responded.\n  <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/clo6b4g61001c3b6ina88aik0@published\" data-component-name=\"video-resource\" data-editable=\"settings\" class=\"video-resource\" data-fixed-ratio=\"16x9\" data-parent-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/h_a4cb72755a16023af4bfb32f62705e37@published\" data-video-id=\"politics\/2023\/10\/25\/michael-cohen-trump-new-york-civil-fraud-trial-court-sot-vpx.cnn\" data-live=\"\" data-analytics-aggregate-events=\"true\" data-custom-experience=\"\" data-asset-type=\"hlsTs\" data-medium-env=\"prod\" data-autostart=\"unmuted\" data-show-ads=\"true\" data-source=\"CNN\" data-featured-video=\"true\" data-headline=\"'A defeated man': Cohen describes seeing Trump in court\" data-description=\"Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen described seeing Trump in court after Cohen testified in the New York civil fraud trial against the former president.\" data-duration=\"00:39\" data-source-html='&lt;span class=\"video-resource__source\"&gt; 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