E. Jean Carroll trial - tfg walks out of courtroom during closing arguments

[iluvtennis]

The jury was brought in after a late entrance from the defense.

Kaplan said the jury will hear closing arguments from both sides this morning, set to last between two and three hours total. He said he expects the jury can deliberate during lunch later this afternoon.

Kaplan gave instructions before closing arguments, including those present to refrain from "interruptions or audible comments" during lawyers' remarks. Trump has been reprimanded several times for speaking while others were presenting.

Trump walked out of the courtroom during Carroll's lawyer's closing arguments in which her lawyer Roberta Kaplan directly criticized his actions during the trial saying that he "spent the entire trial continuing to engage in defamation".

Kaplan noted the incident in the record.

In a tense exchange over entering some social media posts into evidence, Kaplan told Habba that she was "on the verge of spending some time in the lockup" and told her to "sit down".

FULL UPDATES are at this link - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-e-jean-carroll-trial-live-updates-rcna135759

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Come on Judge, please, please, please hold Habba Dabba Doo in contempt and lock her up for the night.

[Johonny]

1. That looks good in front of the jury, right?

[mucifer]

3. Depends if there are magas on the jury. magas love ANYTHING he does.

[ScratchCat]

19. To anyone watching

What was her issue with the social media posts being entered into record? What posts? Trumps?

[gab13by13]

24. Trump posts

That were already banned, the topics, from court.

[sop]

21. Trump really has a knack for endearing himself.

[True Blue American]

34. My first thought

Making the Jury wait, then stomping out. He has lost it completely now.

Wonder how long he can stay in this rage?

[Ponietz]

52. My first thought was he shat his breeches and needed a fresh diaper

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Good stuff at the link.

[mopinko]

4. anyone want in a pool for deliberations?

i say they take a vote, guilty, have a lovely lunch kicking around the damages. then come out an hour later w a huge ass number, and b home for supper.
it’s gonna b glorious.

[malaise]

7. THIS

Can't wait.

We could have a trifecta today

[mobeau69]

9. Don't think there is a "guilty vote". Just decide on the damages and give the bill to Kaplan.

[kacekwl]

11. Yep,

And never to be paid. Ever.

[gab13by13]

13. There will be appeals

[Old Crank]

25. I heard that he had to post the initial 5 mil

to file the appeal to the first case.
If that is true he will have to post the amount the jury decides if he wishes to appeal the damages in this case.

So the money is there for the first case, and will have to be there for a second appeal.

[Irish_Dem]

40. Thank goodness he has to pay something prior to filing his appeal.

[TwilightZone]

17. He's already been found liable.

This is to determine damages. There's no determination of guilt involved.

[LuckyCharms]

20. I think you are correct. On the damages part. n/t

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

32. Would YOU want to be sequestered all weekend? I hope they announce by 4pm

[obamanut2012]

37. He has already been found liable

[BonnieJW]

44. But he's already been found guilty, hasn't he?

Isn't this just to determine how much?

[ProfessorGAC]

47. He's Already Been Found Liable, Right?

I believe the jury is only deliberating on damages.
They should still get the lunch, though!

[gab13by13]

5. Jared can loan Trump the money.

[mobeau69]

10. Ain't that the sad truth.

[dchill]

18. Yeah, but would he?

[KPN]

22. Lol. Good point.

[llmart]

31. He probably would.

I'm sure Trump has the goods on whatever went down in Saudi Arabia and he would not hesitate to use it against Jarhead.

[dchill]

35. On the other hand, Jarhead has goods too

[llmart]

51. True.

However, I think Jared has more to lose since Dumpy has been investigated ten ways to Sunday and Jack Smith probably has all he needs to know by now.

[marble falls]

6. She can do one night, Give her a week end. Make her feel less like a MAGA martyr and more "glad to get out of there!" ..

... give her the entire package: a shower, a jumper and Linus from Peanuts' blanket. A couple of baloney on white 'wonder bread' with just a little mustard would do her character some good.

[Traildogbob]

12. Watered down mustard

More water than mustard. Soggy white wonder bread will 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[TxGuitar]

28. "do her character some good."

She has one?

[Red Mountain]

42. She has a lot of character

all bad.

[newdayneeded]

8. His antics will be a huge

decline in our justice system. with allowing him to REPEATEDLY get away with this shit it will weaken our system.

Future criminals will be emboldened to act just as he is.

[AllaN01Bear]

14. please make it so along with the fat slob.

[Hugin]

15. So, there were no repercussions for the COVID hooky farce...

Look for an escalation of the horseshit in the future.

[KPN]

23. Right?! How many other Trump trials going on? How many

times can attorneys close family members get COVID and the attorney feeling woozy?

[sop]

16. "On the verge of spending some time in the lockup" and told her to "sit down"...Hahahahahahaha....

Why, oh why was this trial not televised? Think of of all the comedy gold lost for the ages.

[twodogsbarking]

26. Trump gets mad and storms off. Anyone surprised? Anyone?

[apcalc]

27. Such a little baby boy...never got beyond the toddler stage ...

[JoseBalow]

45. His entire persona is a tantrum

[Farmer-Rick]

29. I was on several jury trials

The ones I've been on would have held that walking out crap against that person. The jury knows that what Trump did was theatrical and rude. And a lot of them find it offensive when the lawyers or litigants act out.

The civil trails I was on had very mild acting out. A lawyer threw his pencil on the table when he gave his closing argument. One of the people who had claimed a loss, sitting at the table by the lawyer, tried to act angry but came off silly instead.

I never really cared if they acted out. But a lot of the jury was quite angry when either side acted rude or melodramatic or silly. They notice everything and acting out will not go over well with the jury.

The MAGAs on the jury are not going to be the majority. Maybe some lone MAGA juror won't find it offensive but some of the members will and they are going to talk about it amongst themselves. If the MAGA tries to defend Trump, he's going to get a serious arguments from the other jurors.

All these theatrics won't go over well at all with most jurors. They notice and they will talk about it.

[NBachers]

30. Kaplan admonished defense lawyers for being late to the hearing, telling Trump attorney Alina Habba that court began 10

minutes ago.

Maybe nobody ever told poor Hubba that it's a bad idea to aggravate the judge by showing up 10 minutes late on closing argument day.

[JustAnotherGen]

33. Thank you iluvtennis

For this thread . . .
From the nbc link:
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This is the beauty of free speech in America," Habba added. "He has as much control of social media users as he does the weather."

Um - didn't TFG redirect a hurricane in sharpie ink?

[COL Mustard]

36. She has to spend time with

Former President Stinky. Isn't that punishent enough?

[Joinfortmill]

38. Wow! Good for the judge. Hope the jury nails Trump's ass, bigly!

[Emile]

39. Biden should show up when they read the verdict.

[progressoid]

41. Of course he asks for donations...

In a video posted in the early hours today, Trump reiterated his denials of the allegations against him, calling the trial "a scam" and a "political witch-hunt."

Many of the statements in the video were things that he was prohibited from saying in his testimony yesterday. The video ended with instructions to donate to his campaign.

[iluvtennis]

48. It's all about the money with tfg. As E. Jean Carroll's lawyers pointed out in closing arguments, tfg

didn't even attend last spring trial to determine his guilt/innocence for the sexual assault. But he showed up this week for the monetary damages trial.

It just about the money.

[Aviation Pro]

43. Hire a parking lot lawyer

Get asphalt.

[lindysalsagal]

46. No reason they can't settle on a dollar number today.

Gonna make headlines, regardless of the amount.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

49. $83.3 million

[lindysalsagal]

54. Niiiiiice!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

50. Thanks for that live update link to nbcnews; been keeping up all day!

[Goodheart]

53. Did he actually think he would win over the jury by showing up and testifying?

And then by disrespecting the court by walking out?

That guy is a fucking moron.