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A key witness for former President Donald Trump in his criminal hush money trial Monday stuck out his tongue and blew raspberries when faced with rulings from the judge overseeing the case, according to a new report.

Attorney Robert Costello partook in this gesture more commonly expressed by infants — and which can mimic the sound of flatulence — after a frustrated Justice Juan Merchan sustained several objections from Manhattan District Attorney's office prosecutors, according to a Newsweek report.

Former President Donald Trump left court Monday after a defense witness was admonished in court for poor behavior to deliver an odd speech to reporters that was almost immediately mocked.

Trump stood in a Manhattan criminal court hallway and read from a legal pad and quoting people who came out in support of him, including a comment from Gregg Jarrett who asked "Where exactly is the crime?"

Former President Donald Trump engaged in one of his longest angry post-trial rants Monday after a dramatic day in court that saw his defense's witness spur chaos in the courtroom.

Trump appeared enraged that Robert Costello, the one-time legal adviser to Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen, faced repercussions for antagonizing Justice Juan Merchan by rolling his eyes and muttering in the witness's box.

New York criminal court Justice Juan Merchan's chaos-spurring decision to clear his courtroom so he could chastise an eye-rolling defense witness almost immediately triggered former President Donald Trump's MAGA supporters.

Former Trump White House senior advisor Stephen Miller took to X Monday afternoon to bemoan the plight of the former President and to claim Merchan's order was proof of corruption.

Legal and political analysts agreed that the meltdown sparked by a witness called by Donald Trump's defense team Monday could not have left a good impression with the jury.

Michael Cohen's former lawyer, Robert Costello, was brought up to testify for the defense in an effort to reveal what Cohen had told him.

An extremely damning piece of evidence was submitted to the jury in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial last week, but it was missed by the media amid a swell of dramatic courtroom moments, Michael Cohen's former attorney Lanny Davis argued Monday.

Davis, in an editorial for RealClear Politics, argued reporters covering the Manhattan criminal court trial missed a crucial moment Thursday as Trump's attorney Todd Blanche shouted "You lied!" at the former fixer.

Former President Donald Trump's lead attorney asked on Monday that New York Justice Juan Merchan dismiss the criminal hush money case against the former president by pointing the finger at former fixer Michael Cohen, reports from the courtroom show.

Todd Blanche's motion to dismiss was based on three main points linked to a lack of evidence and what he called Cohen's lack of credibility, according to Lawfare's Anna Bower.

Trump trial watchers are raising questions over the increasingly large number of elected Republicans and big-name allies showing up at the Manhattan Criminal Courts building to show support for the indicted ex-president, often giving angry speeches before the cameras, or standing behind the defendant in the background as he delivers his rants to reporters.

They are mostly men, and often dressed just as Donald Trump does: blue suit, white shirt, red tie.

Michael Cohen's former attorney Robert Costello's behavior in the courtroom was "unbelievable" and "truly shocking," CNN legal analyst Paula Reid said on Monday.

Justice Juan Merchan took the extreme measure Monday of clearing the courtroom so that he could chastise the defense witness for his behavior on the stand, spurring anchor Jake Tapper to ask Reid, "Have you ever seen anything like this?"

Judge Juan Merchan cleared his courtroom on Monday as a defense witness' behavior sent Donald Trump's hush money trial into chaos.

The former attorney of the prosecution's star witness Michael Cohen was one of the first up to answer questions from the defense team. Trump is on trial for falsifying business records to cover up a hush money deal for an alleged affair.

Former President Donald Trump's one-time attorney and fixer Michael Cohen admitted during cross-examination on Monday that he stole $30,000 from the Trump Organization through fraudulent invoices, a huge revelation that could potentially give Trump's defense a way to bring down the case.

But they may have already blown their chance to do so, said former prosecutor Laura Coates on CNN.

Law professor Alan Dershowitz reportedly exchanged angry words with CNN commentator Norm Eisen at Donald Trump's hush money trial.

NBC reported an "audible exchange" between Eisen and Dershowitz in the courtroom Monday afternoon.

High drama unfolded Monday in Donald Trump's criminal case as prosecutors asked to have a C-SPAN video admitted into evidence that they said would prove a key piece of Michael Cohen's testimony.

Cohen testified last week that he spoke to Trump's security guard, Keith Schiller, on Oct. 24 about the status of the hush money payment to actress and director Stormy Daniels and that Schiller put Trump on the line.