Trump blew a gasket and went on a rage-fueled rampage outside the courthouse about the judge after his motion was denied.
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Trump said:
What everyone saw today. I don't think we need to do any explaining. They don't let me because this judge is corrupt. He is a corrupt judge. This judge, what he did and his decision is a disgrace. Everyone saw what happened today. He is a corrupt judge and totally controversial and I have to get back on the campaign trail. I shouldn't be here.
We are so innocent. There's never been anything like it. Read every analyst, legal analyst, I'm innocent and I'm being held in this court with a corrupt judge who is completely at odds. Look at his conflict. It is a disgrace to New York City, New York State and the country.
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Upset Trump is doing everything in Dante's impression. “He is a corrupt judge and totally controversial. I have to get back on the campaign trail. I shouldn't be here.” pic.twitter.com/8NPxNTr1hS
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) May 9, 2024
Trump was upset because he had lost two motions in court. He lost a motion to have Stormy Daniels exempt from a wiretap warrant, and then he lost a motion for a mistrial based on Daniels' testimony about hitting the former president with a magazine.
Trump is upset that he can't control the narrative of what happens in the courtroom, but his whining about the judge comes across as a complaint from a defendant who knows he's about to be convicted.
The former president and his lawyers appear to be preparing to appeal his potential criminal conviction, and Trump's debacle was one of his few moments of a trial that was about his fate rather than his campaign. can wait for him until the end of the month.
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