The tension between Donald Trump’s attorneys and Judge Arthur Engoron’s court staff showed itself before court gaveled in Wednesday morning.
Trump lawyer Alina Habba asked the judge to have his clerk refrain from “eye rolls and constant whispering.”
“It is incredibly distracting when there are eye rolls and constant whispering at the bench when I’m cross examining,” Habba said.
Engoron said, “Okay, granted.”
His clerk, Allison Greenfield, did not show any visible reaction to the request.
Greenfield was the subject of a social media post from Trump that resulted in Engoron putting a limited gag order on the former president earlier this month.
During the trial, Engoron and Trump’s lawyers have clashed on a variety of fronts, such as the length and demeanor of questioning during cross-examination of the New York attorney general’s witnesses.
