'Sit down!' Judge shouts at Alina Habba as she's unable to control Trump on the stand

'Sit down!' Judge shouts at Alina Habba as she's unable to control Trump on the stand
Trump attorney Alina Habba (Screen cap via Fox News)

Trump attorney Alina Habba was scolded by New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Monday after she could not control Donald Trump on the stand.

Throughout his Monday testimony, Trump avoided answering questions. Instead, he attacked the judge and prosecutors.

"I beseech you to control him. If you can't, I will. I will excuse him and draw every negative inference," Engoron said.

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"The burden is on the AG to ask better questions," Habba said.

"We are not here to hear what he has to say. We are here to listen to him answer questions." Engoron said.

Moments later, Habba became more aggressive.

"Yes, you are here to listen to what he has to say," she told the judge.

"Sit down!" Engoron shouted, reportedly losing his temper.

"This is a very unfair trial," Trump quipped into the microphone.

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President Donald Trump complained to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about leaks to the press about the Iran war — and then a subpoena was promptly sent to the Wall Street Journal.

According to the Journal, "Blanche vowed to secure subpoenas specifically targeting the records of reporters who have worked on sensitive national security stories, one official said. In one meeting, Trump passed a stack of news articles he and other senior officials thought threatened national security to Blanche with a sticky note on it that said 'treason,' another administration official said. Senior Justice Department officials have met with counterparts from the Pentagon to discuss the investigations, according to officials familiar with the meetings."

Per the report, Trump "has focused his ire on articles that provided details on how he arrived at his decision to launch the war, and what his advisers had told him as he deliberated."

The subpoena issued to the Journal "related to a Feb. 23 article that reported that Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and others at the Pentagon warned the president about the risks of an extended military campaign against Iran," said the report. "Other news outlets, including Axios and the Washington Post, published similar stories that day. Trump launched the war five days later, on Feb. 28."

This is not the first time the Trump administration has been accused of overstepping in investigations of journalists.

FBI Director Kash Patel has similarly faced allegations he used bureau resources to investigate reports into his behavior, including stories about his problematic drinking.

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Fans of President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again movement erupted on Monday after former CIA Director John Brennan gave an interview to MS NOW.

Brennan told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace that there are "legions" of bureaucrats working inside law enforcement agencies who are resisting Trump's calls to prosecute his political enemies. His comments came at a time when the administration is pursuing investigations into people such as former FBI Director James Comey and is considering launching another investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for participating in a video in which Democrats told military members that they don't have to follow illegal orders.

MAGA fans reacted to the interview on social media.

"Real rich coming from the very man who politicized the intelligence community against President Trump," Andrew Kolvet, executive producer of "The Charlie Kirk Show," posted on X, adding that the interview was "unbelievable."

"Brennan is a communist mole," Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) posted on X.

"He could be granted immunity in exchange for identifying them," MAGA philosopher Curtis Yarvin posted on X.

"President Trump needs to walk his a-- in there personally and fire everyone in these departments," Thomas Prince, a private security guard for Trump, posted on X.

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Politico reported.

A year ago, the president fired the former Navy SEAL who had run the nation's disaster agency after he reportedly defied Trump.

"The day before his dismissal on May 8, 2025, Hamilton seemed to contradict the president when he told a House subcommittee that FEMA should not be eliminated, as Trump had threatened to do," according to Politico.

Hamilton had previously clashed with now former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem had subjected agency staff, including Hamilton, to lie-detector tests in an attempt to hunt down media leaks.

Now, Trump wants Hamilton back as the first permanent FEMA chief of this administration, if senators confirm him. If confirmed, he would be the first permanent FEMA administrator in the current Trump administration.

But Hamilton's resume — he recently worked as a VP at a tech firm — could raise eyebrows about whether he meets the top job's experience requirements, Politico reported.

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