Court employee arrested for approaching Donald Trump during civil trial
A court employee was arrested Wednesday after she tried to approach former President Donald Trump while he was seated in the courtroom. A court employee was arrested Wednesday after she tried to approach former President Donald Trump while he was seated in the courtroom during his civil trial in lower Manhattan. As the trial was taking place, the woman "disrupted the proceedings by standing up and walking towards the front of the courtroom and yelling out to Mr. Trump indicating she wanted to assist him," according to a spokesman for the New York State Unified Court System. The woman was stopped by court officers before she got near Trump or any of the attorneys or other litigants. Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks after exiting the courtroom as he attends his Manhattan courthouse trial in a civil fraud case in New York, Oct. 18, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters None of the parties were ever in any danger, the spokesman said. She was escorted out of the c...