{"id":2056359,"date":"2023-10-05T11:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-loses-his-cool-at-trumps-legal-team-pounds-table-as-he-exclaims-this-is-ridiculous\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T11:38:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T15:38:20","slug":"judge-loses-his-cool-at-trumps-legal-team-pounds-table-as-he-exclaims-this-is-ridiculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-loses-his-cool-at-trumps-legal-team-pounds-table-as-he-exclaims-this-is-ridiculous\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge loses temper, slams table over Trump&#8217;s legal team, calls it &#8216;ridiculous&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-loses-his-cool-at-trumps-legal-team-pounds-table-as-he-exclaims-this-is-ridiculous%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2056359&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Judge Loses His Cool at\u2063 Trump&#8217;s Legal Team, Pounds Table as He Exclaims &#8216;This Is Ridiculous&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>The judge\u200d presiding over the New York civil fraud case\u2064 against Donald Trump was clearly irritated by the former president&#8217;s legal team during the\u200d cross-examination of a crucial witness on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This is ridiculous!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron slammed his hand \u200bon the table and exclaimed those words \u2063as Trump&#8217;s lawyers delved into the details with\u200d Mazars USA partner David Bender, accusing him of\u200d evading their\u2063 questions, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/10\/04\/judge-arthur-engoron-at-trumps-ny-civil-fraud-trial-loses-his-cool-during-testimony-this-is-ridiculous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t waste \u2062time,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>the judge added, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-judge-clears-courtroom-to-allow-rittenhouse-jury-to-review-grosskreutz-video-evidence\/\" title=\"WATCH: Judge Clears Courtroom to Allow Rittenhouse Jury to Review Grosskreutz Video Evidence\">defense lawyers argued<\/a> that they needed to meticulously examine their client&#8217;s records \u200d&#8221;year by\u200b year&#8221; with the witness.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s legal team had already spent a significant amount\u200c of time going through Bender&#8217;s \u200ctestimony, and when they announced that he would remain on the stand for the \u2062rest of the \u200cday, that&#8217;s\u200d when the judge lost his composure.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This is ridiculous!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>he exclaimed. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Mr. Bender isn&#8217;t on \u200dtrial here.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We \u2064need to be \u200ballowed\u200b to \u200canalyze the evidence,&#8221; argued Trump attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/attorney-drops-another-trump-case-citing-irreconcilable-differences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Kise<\/a>. &#8220;We\u200c didn&#8217;t\u2063 bring \u2062this case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A second Trump lawyer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-lawyer-says-major-problem-fulton-county-indictment-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alina Habba<\/a>, claimed that\u200c Bender\u2062 had been \u2062uncooperative.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We haven&#8217;t received a \u2062single answer\u200c from him,&#8221; she stated. &#8220;He \u2063conveniently\u2064 has \u2064no memory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kise eventually agreed to streamline their questioning, to\u200b which the \u200cjudge responded \u2062by reiterating, &#8220;Let&#8217;s not waste time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Engoron\u2063 suggested that Trump&#8217;s lawyers were engaging in courtroom theatrics aimed at \u200bimpressing a jury or the\u200d media, but were\u200c not helpful in a\u2063 bench trial that \u2063would be decided\u200b solely by the judge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no \u200cjury here,&#8221; he\u200d reminded the Trump team, later asking, &#8220;Who\u2063 are you addressing \u200b\u2014 me, the press, or the \u2062audience?&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Business Empire at Stake<\/h3>\n<p>Wednesday marked the third day of the trial in which the former\u200b president is accused of lying about his\u200d total assets \u200dto secure better deals on loans and insurance coverage, \u2064amounting to billions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Although Trump is not required to\u200d be present in the\u2064 courtroom as he\u200b would in a\u200b criminal \u2062trial,\u2064 he has attended \u2063the trial for the\u200b first three days, \u2062leaving \u200cat lunchtime on Wednesday for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-handed-major-win-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has\u200c repeatedly denounced \u2064the trial as fraud and an\u200b attempt\u200c at political persecution to\u2064 hinder\u200c his potential candidacy in the 2024 presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He already knows\u2062 what\u2062 he&#8217;s \u200bgoing to\u200c do,&#8221; Trump told reporters on Wednesday, referring to \u200dEngoron, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/judge-chides-donald-trump-lawyers-ridiculous-questioning-civil-fraud-trial-2023-10-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Engoron has already ruled that Trump, along with his \u200btwo adult\u200b sons,\u200b fraudulently inflated their net worth. \u2063Trump&#8217;s team filed\u200d an appeal against that decision on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-loses-his-cool-at-trumps-legal-team-pounds-table-as-he-exclaims-this-is-ridiculous\/\" title=\"Judge loses temper, slams table over Trump's legal team, calls it 'ridiculous'.\">ongoing proceedings\u2063 primarily aim<\/a> to determine \u2062the damages, which\u2063 could potentially &#8220;dismantle Trump&#8217;s \u200bbusiness empire,&#8221; according to \u200dReuters.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-loses-cool-trumps-legal-team-pounds-table-exclaims-ridiculous\/\">Judge \u200dLoses\u2062 His\u200b Cool at Trump&#8217;s Legal \u200bTeam, \u2063Pounds \u2064Table as He Exclaims &#8216;This \u200dIs \u200dRidiculous&#8217;<\/a> appeared \u2063first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u200b Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200bHow can the judge&#8217;s\u200c outburst impact the \u2063fairness and impartiality of the trial against Donald Trump?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Essing the judge and delaying the proceedings. He emphasized that the focus should be on presenting evidence and finding the\u200c truth, rather than wasting time on unnecessary \u2063tactics.<\/p>\n<p>The judge&#8217;s frustration highlights the contentious nature of the case against Donald Trump. The civil fraud trial, which\u200b accuses the former president of misleading investors in\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ice-nominee-took-trip-to-china-funded-by-cash-for-visas-advocacy-group\/\" title=\"Biden ICE Nominee Took Trip to China Funded by Cash-for-Visas Advocacy Group\">real estate project<\/a>, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-republican-candidates-qualified-for-the-second-debate\/\" title=\"Republican candidates eligible for second debate.\">high-stakes affair<\/a> with significant implications for both Trump and the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is not uncommon for tensions to arise during legal proceedings, especially when dealing with complex\u200c and\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-will-hear-boston-marathon-bomber-execution-case\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Will Hear Boston Marathon Bomber Execution Case\">high-profile cases<\/a>. The judge&#8217;s outburst should not overshadow the \u2062importance of a fair and thorough examination of the evidence.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that judges are expected to maintain their composure and impartiality throughout the proceedings. The judge&#8217;s emotional reaction may raise questions about his ability to remain\u2062 neutral and make \u2062fair judgments in\u200d this case. However, it is important \u2064to remember that judges are human beings too, and the intense nature \u200bof \u200bthe trial may have pushed him to his limit.<\/p>\n<p>The incident serves as a \u2062reminder of the challenges faced by legal professionals in \u2062maintaining \u200ba calm and professional demeanor in the face of adversity. It also sheds\u200d light on the pressure faced \u200bby judges in\u200d high-stakes cases, where their decisions can have far-reaching consequences.<\/p>\n<p>As the trial continues, it remains to be seen how the judge&#8217;s outburst will impact\u2063 the proceedings. Will it lead to any changes in the way the case is conducted, \u2062or will it serve as a wake-up call for the\u200b legal teams involved? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>In the pursuit of justice, \u2062it is important for all parties involved to set aside their emotions\u200d and \u200bfocus on presenting a compelling case. The judge&#8217;s outburst should serve as a reminder of the importance of maintaining professionalism\u2063 and\u200c respect in the\u200d courtroom. Only by adhering to these principles can we ensure a fair and impartial \u2062legal system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the cross-examination of a crucial witness on Wednesday, the judge overseeing Donald Trump&#8217;s civil fraud case in New York displayed clear annoyance. 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