It's Trump versus a judge—again

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     January 18, 2024 Donald Trump can't seem to behave in a courtroom. We saw it last year, when he [stormed]( out of court after a judge refused to toss his $370 million civil fraud trial brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, as my colleague Russ Choma reported at the time. We saw it last week, when he [lashed out]( at the same judge during closing arguments of that trial—prompting the judge to, once again, request that Trump's lawyer "control your client." And we saw it again yesterday. This time, Trump was effectively told to shut his mouth after he loudly complained in front of the jury during the proceedings of what essentially amounts to the penalty phase of the $10 million defamation lawsuit filed against him by writer [E. Jean Carroll.]( Here's what happened yesterday in court, [according to my colleague Russ](, after Trump repeatedly called the trial a "witch hunt" and a "con job" while Carroll took the stand: District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is overseeing the trial, warned Trump he needs to keep his mouth shut. “Mr. Trump has the right to be present here. That right can be forfeited, and it can be forfeited if he is disruptive, which is what has been reported to me,” Kaplan told Trump’s attorneys. Kaplan then turned to Trump, telling him he didn’t want to have to kick him out of the coutroom. “I would love it, I would love it,” Trump responded. “I know you would,” Kaplan told him. “You just can’t control yourself in this circumstance, apparently.” “You can’t either,” Trump snapped back. All this from the man who could [very well become president](—again. —Julianne McShane Advertisement [Shackled]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Trump Still Won’t Behave In Court]( Judge Lewis Kaplan warned the orange man to zip it. BY RUSS CHOMA MOJO MUST-READS BY MICHAEL MECHANIC   Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money “Economic inequality has never been more gaping in the United States, which makes it the perfect time to read Jackpot, Michael Mechanic’s entertaining and eviscerating peek behind the velvet curtains and into the real lives of America’s super-rich.” [Get Jackpot here.]( [Trending] [Puerto Rico is harnessing home solar rigs to stabilize its power grid]( BY GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA   [Justice Department finds "cascading failures" contributed to botched Uvalde police response]( BY ARIANNA COGHILL   [Climate denialism on YouTube has evolved into something else]( BY KATE YODER   [Panama tried to close a hated mine. Not so fast, said foreign investors.]( BY CHRISTOPHER POLLON Advertisement [Shackled]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [Black activists began traveling to Palestine in the 1960s. They never stopped.]( “This isn’t about being for one group or against another. It’s about basic human rights.” BY NIA T. EVANS [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Donate Monthly]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755