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Posted: 2024-01-17T18:47:02Z | Updated: 2024-01-17T22:27:20Z

Former President Donald Trump s physical and verbal reactions to writer E. Jean Carrolls testimony against him prompted a judge to threaten to remove Trump from the federal courtroom, according to multiple outlets.

Shawn Crowley, an attorney for Carroll, told Judge Lewis Kaplan before a midmorning break on Wednesday that Trump had been loudly saying things, ABC News reported . She repeated her complaint a second time after jurors filed out for a lunch break.

Journalists in the New York City courtroom, where video cameras are banned, observed Trump shaking his head, scoffing and angrily speaking with his attorney Alina Habba.

At various points, Trump reportedly remarked She now seems to have gotten her memory back, and Its false. He also reportedly called the judge a nasty guy, and used terms like con job and witch hunt.

During the lunch break, Kaplan said he would make Trump leave if he continued to disrupt proceedings.

Mr. Trump has the right to be present here, Kaplan said , according to ABC News. That right can be forfeited and it can be forfeited if he is disruptive, which is what has been reported to me.

Mr. Trump, I hope I dont have to consider excluding you from the trial, he said. I understand you are probably very eager for me to do that.

I would love it, Trump replied .

I know you would, Kaplan said, according to CNN . You just cant control yourself in this circumstance, apparently.

You cant either, Trump muttered , per The Associated Press.

This is the second time Carroll has shared her story on the stand, but the first time Trump has heard her in person. He did not attend a trial last April that Carroll brought under New Yorks Adult Survivors Act .