Trump Fumes After 5-Minute Carroll Trial Testimony Reined In

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49% : Most Read from BloombergLess than 48 hours after Trump was declared the winner of the Republican primary in New Hampshire, the former president returned to a familiar venue in his split-screen campaign: a courtroom.
49% : Before the jury was brought in to hear from Trump, Habba told the judge she was "frankly glad" Carroll's team had introduced it as evidence.
49% : In others, she referred to Carroll as a "drug addict" and likened her approach to the litigation to that of "Santa at the Christmas parade."To Trump's team, this was evidence that Carroll has used the litigation to seek publicity and book sales, a claim that Trump has repeatedly surfaced in social-media posts.
47% : "Yes, I did, that's exactly right," Trump said.
45% : Carroll lawyer Roberta Kaplan, who isn't related to the judge, breezed through an equally brief cross-examination, focused on getting Trump to confirm for the jury that he chose not to testify in the last trial with Carroll.Talking LoudlyThe testimony, however fleeting, was a remarkable glimpse of Trump under oath in front of a jury.
42% : Kaplan reminded Trump minutes before he took the stand and warned his legal team against turning his testimony into a campaign speech.
40% : "The judge spoke over Trump toward the end of his answer and struck most of his response from the record, telling jurors to ignore everything the former president said after his statement he was "trying to defend himself.
38% : Trump, not known for having a filter when he speaks, could choose to take the stand in any of them.
37% : As Trump was sworn in, his lawyer Alina Habba asked the former president whether he agreed with answers he'd given in a prior deposition, a video of which had been played earlier for the jury.
36% : ""No," Trump said.
36% : "Trump kept quiet after that.
33% : "I never met this woman," Trump said while the judge was asking questions to his lawyer.
30% : When Trump was on the stand, Habba asked him if he'd ever asked anyone to "hurt Ms. Carroll.
26% : That would mislead the jury, the judge said, because Trump had already been held liable for sexually abusing Carroll.
24% : The judge warned Donald Trump: no speeches, no interruptions, no challenge to the previous verdict.
24% : For less than 5 minutes, Trump took the stand in his own defense in the civil trial for E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit against him, which stemmed from his denial of the writer's accusation that he raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.
23% : Jurors must decide how much, if anything, Trump will pay her in damages.
22% : In that case, Trump ignored repeated demands by Justice Arthur Engoron that he stop making "speeches" on the stand.
20% : Trump was upset even before his testimony started.
18% : Trump offered long, rambling answers criticizing the case as well as the judge, in testimony that lasted about four hours.
17% : Weeks before the trial, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan banned Trump from denying Carroll's claim.
14% : Habba asked if Trump denied Carroll's accusation "to defend yourself," referring to two statements he issued from the White House in June 2019 calling her a liar.
10% : In the Carroll testimony Thursday, Trump shook his head as he left the courtroom around 2:30 p.m."This is not America," Trump said, jutting out his jaw and narrowing his eyes.
7% : He said Carroll had made "something I think is a false accusation."Read More: Trump Barred From Denying Abuse at Carroll Defamation TrialIn a twist, the Trump deposition played by Carroll's lawyers let the jury hear Trump's outspoken and vehement denials -- exactly the kind of testimony the judge said Trump couldn't deliver on the stand.
5% : In that clip, Trump denied Carroll's accusation and referred to her as "crazy.""100%, yes," Trump said.

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