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Story · October 18, 2023

Court employee disrupts Trump fraud trial, later arrested

By The Daily Fuckup Newsroom · From The Daily Fuckup: Backfill Edition for October 18, 2023

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Correction: Correction: A court employee briefly disrupted the fraud trial on Oct. 18 and was removed by officers; she was later arrested on a contempt charge.

A court employee briefly interrupted Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York on October 18, 2023, after standing up during testimony and moving toward the front of the courtroom where Trump was seated. Court officers then escorted her out, and she was later arrested on a contempt charge for disrupting the proceeding.

Court officials said the woman was a court system employee. They also said no one was believed to be in danger.

The interruption was short-lived and did not stop the trial for long. It happened in a case centered on allegations from New York Attorney General Letitia James that Trump, his company and family members misstated asset values and other financial information.

The incident was a narrow breach of courtroom order, not a broader security event. Based on the court’s account, officials treated it as a disruption to the proceeding, and nothing more.

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