All posts tagged "Anger"

The New York judge overseeing the civil fraud trial against former President Donald Trump and his adult sons visibly expressed anger on Wednesday as the former president's lawyers tried to use stall tactics on him, The Messenger reported.

The frustration of Judge Arthur Engoron, who already ruled on the facts against Trump by summary judgment, came as the ex-president continues to lash out with racially charged attacks on New York Attorney General Letitia James.

"Engoron ... accus[ed] the attorneys of habitually rejecting simple measures to streamline the proceedings. He previously chided Trump’s defense team for repeatedly lodging statute of limitations objections, instead of a continuing objection that he said would have served the purposes of their appeal," reported Adam Klasfeld. "At one point, Engoron pounded on the bench — and instructed the stenographer to note he was doing that — while indignantly telling Trump’s legal team: 'This is ridiculous.' The narrowly muzzled Trump held fire on his criticism of the judge on Wednesday morning, but after he left for the day, the former president told reporters that he was unfair, pushing the press to disseminate his view of the proceedings."...

Donald Trump was missing from Wednesday night's GOP debate, but his anger was front and center, according to MSNBC host Alex Wagner.

Speaking on a panel immediately following the Republican presidential primary debate, Wagner noted that, during the second half of the debate, she noticed "the shroud of anger and grievance" that colored everything.

"I mean, when you talk about people's good moments, it's not because they are offering some brilliant vision or showing humor or humanity or charisma," she said. "It's like Nikki Haley got mad at Vivek Ramaswamy and said he has no foreign policy experience, and it shows. Or, you know, Chris Christie landed one on Vivek Ramaswamy -- Vivek Ramaswamy being the whipping post and all of this." ...

The conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice accused of choking a female colleague amid a heated argument was urged days later to attend anger management classes, according to a local report.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser has issued a denial of witness reports that he grabbed fellow justice Ann Walsh Bradley by the throat on June 13. The altercation reportedly erupted in Justice Bradley's chambers during a heated discussion of Governor Scott Walker's controversial budget bill, which curtails collective bargaining rights for public workers.

BARCELONA (AFP) – Spain's "indignant" activists began their last and longest protest march on Saturday, leaving from the northeastern city of Barcelona to cover 650 kilometres on their way to a major Madrid rally on July 24.

In another sign that Christine O'Donnell's upset win in last night's Delaware Republican Senate primary has opened a schism in the conservative movement, talk show host Rush Limbaugh attacked Karl Rove on the air Wednesday for Rove's criticisms of the tea party-backed O'Donnell.