Former President Donald Trump speaks during a break in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. The judge in Trump's civil fraud trial has fined the former president $10,000. The judge says Trump violated a limited gag order barring personal attacks on court staffers.
“As a trier of fact, I find that the witness is not credible,” Engoron said, noting his clerk was “sitting much closer to me.”Shortly after, Trump stormed out of the courtroom with his entourage after Engoron denied a request from his lawyers for a directed verdict, which would end the case. “I don’t want anyone killed,” Engoron somberly said, then quoted Trump’s words in a report in The Associated Press.