U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan erupted at Trump lawyer Alina Habba when she asked for an adjournment of E. Jean Carroll's second defamation trial against the former president, which began on Tuesday. Habba asked Kaplan to delay the proceedings so that Trump could attend his mother-in-law's funeral, a request which Kaplan sharply denied. Politico reporter Erica Orden captured the "VERY testy exchange" live from the Manhattan courtroom and shared it on X/Twitter.
"The application is denied. I will hear no further argument on it," Kaplan told Habba, who then attempted to continue speaking.
