{"id":2079986,"date":"2023-10-26T10:50:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T14:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-up-trump-storms-out-of-courtroom-leaves-secret-service-agents-chasing-after-him\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T10:53:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T14:53:59","slug":"fed-up-trump-storms-out-of-courtroom-leaves-secret-service-agents-chasing-after-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-up-trump-storms-out-of-courtroom-leaves-secret-service-agents-chasing-after-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry Trump bolts from courtroom, Secret Service agents in pursuit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Ffed-up-trump-storms-out-of-courtroom-leaves-secret-service-agents-chasing-after-him%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=2079986&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>Fed-Up Trump Storms Out of Courtroom, Leaves Secret Service Agents Chasing \u2062After\u200b Him<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Former President \u200bDonald Trump bolted out of a \u200dNew York courtroom\u2062 after the\u2064 presiding \u200cjudge, a\u200b Democrat, denied\u2063 his request for a\u2063 directed verdict\u2063 despite the fact \u200dthat the testimony of the state\u2019s star witness fell apart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump immediately got \u2063up and stormed out of the courtroom with Secret Service agents chasing after him,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/live-blog\/trump-fraud-trial-michael-cohen-live-updates-rcna122011#rcrd23088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> reported. \u201cThe \u2062move was not expected and appeared to surprise even his\u200b attorneys. Gasps could\u2062 be\u200c heard within the courtroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The events unfolded after Trump\u2019s former personal\u200b attorney, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-attorney-tears-disgraced-felon-michael-cohen-cross-examination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael\u200b Cohen<\/a> \u2014 \u2063the key witness in\u200b a $250 million civil fraud \u2063lawsuit brought by Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James \u2014\u2064 admitted that the\u200d former president had never ordered him to falsify financial statements \u2062to artificially inflate \u200chis net worth.<\/p>\n<p>At trial, Cohen testified that\u2062 he could not recall whether \u2064Trump or the Trump Organization\u2019s former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, had asked\u200c him to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Mr. \u2064Trump never asked you to inflate the numbers on his\u2064 financial \u200cstatement?\u201d Trump defense \u2064attorney Cliff Robert asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorrect,\u201d Cohen\u200d said, \u2064according to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/25\/politics\/what-michael-cohen-said-about-his-testimony-and-why-it-matters-in-the-trump-fraud-trial\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This was a damning\u200b admission for the\u200b prosecution since Cohen had served as Trump\u2019s personal attorney from\u200d 2006 \u200dto 2018.<\/p>\n<p>During his 12-year tenure, he was described as Trump\u2019s \u201cfixer\u201d and\u2064 someone who had extensive knowledge of all the \u2064goings-on within the Trump business empire.<\/p>\n<p>If \u200cit\u200b were true\u200d that \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-turns-tables-hillary-drops-campaign-ad-depicting-brainwashing-people-vote-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> had ordered\u2064 his underlings to inflate his \u2064financial \u2063records, Cohen surely would have been \u2062privy to\u200c all this.<\/p>\n<h3>Judge Denies \u2063Directed Verdict, Trump Furious<\/h3>\n<p>On \u200cWednesday, Judge\u2064 Arthur Engoron of \u2064the New York\u200b Supreme Court \u2014 a Democrat \u2014 denied \u200ba motion for a directed verdict\u2064 made by the \u2064defense attorney,\u2064 who \u2064argued that\u2064 Cohen\u2019s \u200cexculpatory testimony sank\u2063 the state\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>A directed verdict \u200cis\u200d a ruling entered by a \u200ctrial \u200bjudge when there\u200c isn\u2019t sufficient \u200bevidence\u200d for a jury to conclude that the defendant \u2063is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Because the \u200bcase against \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-returns-fire-ny-ag-letitia-james-net-worth-fraud-allegations-targeted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> relies heavily on Cohen\u2019s testimony, it\u2019s understandable\u2062 that the 45th president was furious\u2063 at the judge\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the courtroom, he slammed the judge\u2062 for denying his request for a directed verdict, saying \u200dCohen\u2019s testimony torpedoed the\u2063 state\u2019s lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe witness just admitted \u200bthat we won\u2064 the\u200b trial,\u201d Trump \u2063told reporters in the hallway, according \u200bto CNN. \u201cAnd the judge should end this trial immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2023\/10\/25\/donald-trump-compared-to-mob-boss-in-michael-cohens-dramatic-testimony-at-fraud-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Daily News<\/a>, Cohen \u200clater testified that\u00a0Trump didn\u2019t specifically tell him to \u2064inflate \u200bfinancial statements but it\u2062 was an implicit \u200corder because the\u2064 former president \u201cspeaks like a mob boss\u201d and \u201ctells you what he wants without specifically telling you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This a \u200claughable assertion\u2063 because Cohen\u2019s conjecture\u200b is an admission once again that Trump never ordered him to inflate his\u2064 financial statements.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2062Wednesday night, Trump torched the case against him \u200das a \u201cwitch hunt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSleazeBag Attorney Michael Cohen, New\u200d York State\u2019s \u200cPrimary Witness,\u2062 ADMITTED\u200c TODAY\u200d THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP\u2063 NEVER TOLD \u2064HIM TO INCREASE ASSET VALUES,\u201d the former president wrote\u200b on\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/111298079418841820\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Truth Social<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>He said the case\u2063 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-hands-trump-loss-refuses-dismiss-lawsuit-block-colorado-ballot-setting-unprecedented-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designed to derail<\/a> his \u200bpresidential\u2063 campaign. Trump is the \u200dleading GOP \u200ccandidate in\u2064 the 2024 race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New York State Attorney \u2063Generals case \u200cagainst me is \u200cDEAD, but the Radical Left\u200d Judge REFUSES to\u200b end it. He just can\u2019t let\u200d it go,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The timing of this case suggests it is \u200dindeed politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bbrash billionaire has been a \u200bbusinessman and a public \u200cfigure \u2062for most \u2064of his adult life.<\/p>\n<p>If the \u200callegations in this fraud \u2063lawsuit are true, \u2062why wasn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-cleared-wrongdoing-four-year-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> prosecuted for them during his decades-long business career in New York,\u2063 or when he ran for president\u200c in 2016 and again in\u2063 2020?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A Note\u200d from Our\u2063 Deputy Managing Editor:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I walked into \u200cthe office one \u200cmorning and \u2062noticed something\u200c strange. Half of The Western\u2064 Journal\u2019s readership was missing.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u200d had finally happened. Facebook had flipped THE\u2062 switch.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maybe \u200cit was because\u200b we wrote about \u200divermectin. Or election \u200cintegrity. Or the Jan. 6 \u2064detainees. Or ballot mules.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whatever the reason, I immediately knew what to do. We \u200chad to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">turn to \u200byou<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  because, frankly, we know you \u200care the only ones we can trust.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Can you help? \u2064 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">donation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  to The Western Journal\u200d goes directly to funding our team of story researchers, writers and editors who doggedly pursue the truth and expose the corrupt elites.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can\u2063 I count\u200d on you for a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">small donation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? We operate on a shoestring \u200bcompared to other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-jim-jordan-joe-bidens-deliberate-support-of-illegal-immigration-could-lead-to-impeachment\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan: Joe Biden's 'Deliberate' Support of Illegal Immigration Could Lead to Impeachment\">news media companies<\/a>,\u200c so I can personally\u2063 promise\u2063 that not a \u200dpenny of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">your donation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  will be wasted.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will\u2062 use every single\u2062 cent to fight against the lies and corruption in high places. <\/span><b>And as long as we have <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>your \u200dhelp<\/b><\/a><b>, we will never give up.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Josh\u2062 Manning<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Western Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u2062 post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fed-trump-storms-courtroom-leaves-secret-service-agents-chasing\/\">Fed-Up Trump\u2063 Storms Out of Courtroom, Leaves Secret \u2062Service Agents Chasing\u2064 After Him<\/a> appeared first\u2062 on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u2063Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What concerns have been\u200d raised regarding Judge Engoron&#8217;s \u2063objectivity in light of his identified political affiliation?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ent\u2019s defense team would request a directed \u200dverdict \u2063\u2060\u2014\u2062 as Cohen\u2019s admission contradicted the prosecution&#8217;s main argument.<\/p>\n<p>However, Judge Engoron sided with the prosecution and denied the\u2062 request,\u2064 leading \u200cto Trump&#8217;s\u2064 furious reaction and swift departure from the courtroom. The presence of Secret \u200dService agents chasing after him further underscored the unexpected nature of\u2064 his exit.<\/p>\n<p>The incident cast doubt on the objectivity\u2064 of Judge Engoron, who has openly identified\u200b as \u2063a Democrat. Some \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legal-experts-break-down-flaws-in-trump-indictment\/\" title=\"Legal Experts Break Down Flaws in Trump Indictment\">legal experts argue<\/a> that this may\u200d have influenced\u200d his \u200bdecision in denying the\u200b directed verdict motion. Critics of the judge claim\u200d that his\u2064 decision was motivated by political bias rather than a \u2063fair assessment of the \u200bevidence presented.<\/p>\n<p>The trial revolves around the allegation \u2062that Trump, during his time as a private citizen and\u2062 presidential candidate, engaged in financial fraud to \u2062inflate his net worth. Letitia James, the Democratic New York Attorney General, brought forward the $250 million civil fraud\u200c lawsuit against the former president. However, with\u2063 Cohen&#8217;s admission that Trump had never ordered him to falsify \u2064financial statements, the credibility of\u200d the\u2062 prosecution&#8217;s case took a significant blow.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen&#8217;s testimony was of particular consequence due to his role as Trump&#8217;s personal attorney for over\u200b a \u200cdecade. As\u200d someone intimately\u200c involved with Trump&#8217;s affairs,\u200b his statement carried weight in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rhodes-rage\/\" title=\"Rhodes Rage\">shaping public perception<\/a> and expectations regarding the \u200btrial.\u2064 Cohen\u2019s\u200c admission that Trump had\u2063 never\u2064 instructed\u200c him \u200bto inflate financial records undermined the narrative put\u200d forth by \u200dthe prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>While it is too \u200bearly to determine the \u2062final outcome \u200dof the trial, the denial\u200d of a directed verdict and Trump&#8217;s dramatic courtroom\u2064 exit have raised questions about\u200c the\u2064 fairness of the proceedings. Trump&#8217;s \u2063storming out \u200dof\u200c the courtroom, accompanied by Secret Service agents, added \u200ban element of chaos\u2062 and unpredictability to an already \u2062contentious trial.<\/p>\n<p>The incident also highlighted the polarized political climate surrounding Trump&#8217;s legal battles. Critics argue that the political leanings of the judge should not influence the outcome of this trial. Instead, they call for a fair and impartial treatment of\u2062 the evidence to ensure \u2062justice is served.<\/p>\n<p>As the trial\u2063 continues, the defense will\u200c have to build its case on factors other than a directed \u200cverdict. They\u200d will need to further undermine the prosecution&#8217;s narrative and present compelling evidence to challenge the allegations of financial fraud. The outcome of this\u200c case\u2063 will not only \u2062impact Donald Trump&#8217;s legacy but also have broader implications for how post-presidential legal challenges \u200dare handled\u200c in the \u200cUnited States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump swiftly exited a New York courtroom when a Democratic judge rejected his plea for a directed verdict, despite the state&#8217;s key witness crumbling under testimony. Trump promptly departed, trailed by Secret Service agents in pursuit, as reported by NBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":2079987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2079986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2079986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2079987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2079986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2079986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2079986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}