(New York) A woman was arrested Wednesday for approaching, but not reaching, former United States President Donald Trump during a hearing in his civil trial in New York for alleged widespread fraud in the management of his real estate empire, the court services indicated.
This woman, later identified as an employee of another court, “disrupted the hearing by standing up and walking to the front of the courtroom and shouting at Mr. Trump that she wanted him help,” said a court spokesperson, Lucian Chalfen, in a statement after the incident, which occurred in the morning.
The woman, who was then behind the places where the parties to the trial, including Donald Trump and his lawyers, were seated, was ordered to step back and sit on the public benches, noted a journalist from the AFP, and the hearing continued.
Dressed in a skirt and blazer, she was “arrested by court security officers before coming near Mr. Trump, an attorney or another party.” Neither party was ever in danger,” the spokesperson stressed.
Escorted peacefully outside the courtroom, then the building, she was prosecuted for “contempt of court”. She was also placed on “immediate administrative leave pending investigation into the incident and is prohibited from entering any New York courts until further notice,” Chalfen added.
Since the start of this civil trial on October 2, the 45e President of the United States (2017-2021) regularly attends hearings, which trigger significant security measures, but the proceedings are public.
In this civil trial, the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, accuses the Republican and two of his children, Eric and Donald Jr, of having overvalued his New York golf courses, residences and skyscrapers by several billion dollars. in the 2010s to obtain more advantageous loans from banks, which he denies.