During his civil fraud trial, a woman attempted to approach Donald Trump while he was seated at the defense table, and she was subsequently escorted out of the courtroom by a group of officers.
According to the reports, the woman was later charged with contempt of court.
After being escorted downstairs to the first floor, the woman was handcuffed as she loudly called for help and shouted, “Help me!” and “Save me!” for several minutes, a courthouse source said.
The woman was identified by Gateway Pundit as Jenny Hannigan, who was a court employee. She was then placed in the back of a police car.
“Disrupted the session, stood up, and walked towards the front of the court, shouting at Trump, indicating that she wanted to assist him,” a court spokesman Lucian Chalfen said.
However, Trump appeared to be unaware of the incident. When asked before leaving the courthouse if he knew the court employee, Trump responded, “Who got arrested? We didn’t know anything about it. You know who should be arrested? The attorney general for what she’s doing.”
REPORT: Court employee ARRESTED after trying to approach Trump at NYC civil fraud trial..
New York State Court Employee Arrested for Disrupting Donald Trump’s Trial.
In a surprising incident during former President Donald Trump’s ongoing civil fraud trial in lower Manhattan, a… pic.twitter.com/cqodDf8rqB— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) October 19, 2023
“We have no rights whatsoever, any company coming to New York would be crazy because it’s a setup, it’s a rigged trial,” Trump added, further noting, “It’s a rigged trial. And we have a hostile group of people. We have a very hostile judge. I hate to say that we have a hostile judge.”
Chuck Callesto reported via X, “The disruption occurred just before noon when Hannigan stood up and walked toward the front of the courtroom while addressing Mr. Trump. Although a reporter within the courtroom did not hear Hannigan yell, she was later observed speaking loudly in the hallway after being escorted out. Jenny Hannigan, 37, who resides in Baldwin, NY, serves as a secretary for a judge in Queens.”
Trump attended court for the second consecutive day of his $250 million civil fraud trial. Although he is not required to be present, he has chosen to be in the lower Manhattan courtroom for several days of the trial, which is now in its third week.
The trial involves Trump, his sons Eric and Don Jr., and the Trump Organization, all accused of participating in a decades-long scheme in which New York Attorney General James alleges that the former president significantly exaggerated his net worth by as much as $3.6 billion per year.
