He spoke to his lawyers, his words sometimes quite audible to the packed courtroom.
He wrote instructions for his defense team that he shoved their way.
He walked in late at one point, and at another, while a lawyer suing him was speaking to the jury, he stalked out.
His use of the defense table as a stage also provided clues to the public, and a reminder to his own legal team, of how he might handle himself if and when any of the four criminal cases he is facing go to trial.
And in recent months he sat for many days of the trial a few blocks away at 60 Centre Street, where Justice Arthur F. Engoron of State Supreme Court oversaw the fraud trial against Mr. Trump and his company.
Persons:
Donald J, Jean Carroll —, New York —, Carroll, general’s, Trump, Judge Lewis A, Kaplan, Arthur F
Organizations:
New, Republican, Court, Mr
Locations:
New York, Manhattan