Trump melts down on Reality Social after choose refuses to delay his testimony: “No method, no how”

The choose overseeing former President Donald Trump’s New York fraud trial on Tuesday shot down his legal professional’s request to postpone his scheduled testimony.

Trump legal professional Chris Kise made a “prolonged request” to postpone Trump’s testimony, which is scheduled for Monday, till an appeals court docket evaluations the gag orders Choose Arthur Engoron imposed on the previous president and his authorized crew barring their assaults on his legislation clerk and court docket workers.

“Completely not. No method. No how. It’s a nonstarter,” Engoron advised Kise, in line with The Messenger’s Adam Klasfeld.

“You tried,” Engoron added. “And I gave it a deep thought, as nicely.”

Kise additionally advised Engoron that Eric Trump, who was scheduled to testify on Wednesday, would now not be a part of the protection case, in line with CNN. The protection is anticipated to complete its case after Trump’s testimony concludes subsequent week.

Trump on Reality Social mentioned he was behind Eric’s abrupt cancellation.

“I advised my great son, Eric, to not testify tomorrow on the RIGGED TRIAL led to by A.G. Letitia James’ marketing campaign promise that, with out figuring out something about me, ‘I WILL GET TRUMP!’” Trump wrote Tuesday night time. “She ran for A.G., then Governor of New York, and misplaced! Eric has already testified, PERFECTLY (Not like their STAR witness-who admitted he lied!), so there isn’t a cause to waste any extra of this Crooked Court docket’s time on having him say the identical factor, again and again, as a witness for the protection (us!). His younger life has already been unfairly disturbed and disrupted sufficient on this corrupt Witch Hunt. Moreover, I might be testifying on Monday on this shameful, NO JURY ALLOWED ‘TRIAL.’”

Trump repeatedly lashed out at Engoron in a collection of posts, claiming that the choose “should be sanctioned” and “thrown off the ‘bench.’”

Trump claimed to reporters on Tuesday that the gag order is in place as a result of “they’re afraid to have me communicate” although the gag order solely prevents him from focusing on court docket workers, not the choose or the legal professional common’s crew nor from defending himself in opposition to the state’s claims.

“If Trump’s really unconcerned about testifying whereas the NY gag orders in place, why did his attorneys ask Choose Engoron to postpone his testimony till his attraction of that gag order is resolved?” questioned MSNBC authorized analyst Lisa Rubin.

Engoron, who already issued a abstract judgment holding Trump responsible for persistent fraud, imposed gag orders on Trump and his attorneys after they focused his legislation clerk Allison Greenfield, who has been bombarded with tons of of threatening and disparaging calls and messages, according to the court.

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Trump falsely accused Greenfield of being romantically concerned with Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his attorneys have accused her of bias and influencing the choose’s rulings within the case.

The gag orders had been briefly paused on attraction, resulting in a flurry of recent assaults from Trump earlier than an appeals court docket reinstated the gag order final Thursday.

Engoron warned Trump’s crew that he plans to implement the order “rigorously and vigorously.”

Kise responded by calling it a “tragic day for the rule of law.”