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'Disregard everything Ms. Habba just said': Trump lawyer shot down when seeking mistrial

Trump's lawyer Alina Habba was shut down on Wednesday when she moved for a mistrial in court as a jury weighs defamation damages.

Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press has been posting transcripts of the conversation live from the court, revealing some of the more tense exchanges.

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'Better not cross those lines': Expert says Trump's judge fights 'will work against him'

Following an explosive day in court during the E. Jean Carroll trial in which Judge Lewis Kaplan threatened to have former President Donald Trump removed from the court for his aggressive behavior, former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen broke down on CNN how Trump's normal political strong-arm tactics are failing as he enters the legal world.

"It seems like Trump is testing the very structure of the justice system, going head to head with this judge, seeing how far he can go," said anchor Boris Sanchez.

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'Jurors aren't blind:' Expert warns Trump's rants will be held against him

Juries don't like the unruly behavior Donald Trump and attorney Alina Habba are exhibiting in court, a MSNBC legal expert argued Wednesday.

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance took to the airwaves to dissect Trump and Habba's antics in the federal New York City courtroom where the former president faces off against E. Jean Carroll, the writer he's been found liable of sexually abusing and defaming.

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Maine judge lets Trump appear on the state's primary ballot

Maine Superior Court on Wednesday ruled that Donald Trump can appear on the primary election ballot pending a higher court's ruling on a decision to bar him using the Constitution's 14th Amendment insurrectionist clause, Lawfare's Roger Parloff reported.

Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows had ruled that Trump had violated the amendment, which states insurrectionists cannot hold public office, and therefore didn't qualify for the ballot.

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Trump's courtroom antics amount to 'throwing rocks at the judge': attorney

Donald Trump’s declaration Wednesday that he would “love” Judge Lewis Kaplan to toss him from his defamation trial is best compared to the actions of a playground bully, a legal expert argued Wednesday.

“Throwing rocks at the judge, so to speak, disrupting his courtroom, is very unlikely to help him legally,” attorney Renato Mariotti said on CNN Wednesday afternoon.

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E. Jean Carroll says she sleeps with gun beside her bed after being targeted by threats

Writer E. Jean Carroll told a jury this week that she's been the target of threats of sexual and physical violence ever since she was defamed by Donald Trump, ABC News reported.

Carroll claims one person told her to "stick a gun in my mouth and pull the trigger" while another message said, "I hope someone really does attack, rape and murder you."

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Trump rages he didn't attend first E. Jean Carroll trial because it was 'beneath him'

Donald Trump took to his personal social media account on Wednesday afternoon during the lunch break in the E. Jean Carroll defamation damages trial.

After a difficult morning in Trump was admonished by the judge and forced to follow the rules of the court, the ex-president raged online that the way he was being treated was unfair.

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Trump motion for judge to recuse himself over 'general hostility' swiftly denied

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump were denied Wednesday after they asked a judge to recuse himself in a defamation trial.

Following a lunch break on the second day of trial, one of the former president's lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to recuse himself.

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'Dislike her intensely': Legal experts say Trump's jury has already turned on Alina Habba

Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba is drawing criticism from legal analysts as the second day of the E. Jean Carroll defamation damages trial unfolds.

At the start of the day, Habba clashed with Judge Lewis Kaplan, who was forced to tell her that in court she stands when speaking to the judge.

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'Very powerful': Ex-Trump spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany heaps praise on GOP's longtime foe

Although Fox News personalities regularly use Vice President Kamala Harris as a punchline, former Trump spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany warned the network's viewers that Harris seems to have upped her game heading into the 2024 presidential election.

After playing clips of Harris talking about abortion rights on ABC's "The View," McEnany speculated that Harris has been through some media training because her presentation on the program was much better than in past interviews.

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'He's a very nasty guy': Trump overheard insulting judge in defamation trial

Former President Donald Trump, chastised in court for muttering loudly enough for the jury to hear, proved unable to keep his voice down — or his message civil, reports show.

As Judge Lewis Kaplan told Trump's attorney Alina Habba to “sit down” after she once again issued her demand for an adjournment, the former president was heard to mutter his opinion, ABC News reports.

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Judge threatens to remove Trump from court: 'You just can't control yourself'

The judge in Donald Trump's defamation trial threatened Wednesday to kick him out of court because he "can't control" himself.

MSNBC legal analyst Katie Phang transcribed the in-court dressing-down.

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'Excellent sarcasm': Trump roasted in Oversight hearing for alligator moat immigrant plan

As tensions mount nationwide over immigration policy at the U.S. southern border, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) decided Wednesday to float some ideas previously proposed by former President Donald Trump.

Garcia came prepared to the Republican-led House Oversight committee hearing on President Joe Biden’s efforts to “undermine U.S. immigration law” with a visual: a poster of alligators on a moat.

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