Trump scolded for “audibly” swearing as Stormy Daniels described their alleged sexual encounter

Former President Donald Trump was scolded by Judge Juan Merchan during his hush money trial in Manhattan for audibly cursing while adult film actress Stormy Daniels testified about the alleged sexual encounter between her and Trump.

In the courtroom on Tuesday, during a break in the middle of the day, Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche was instructed by Merchan to tell the former president to stop making loud and visible reactions to Daniels’ testimony, the newspaper said Washington Post.

“I understand that your client is upset at this time,” Merchan said Tuesday. “But he audibly curses and he shakes his head visually, and that is contemptible. It has the potential to intimidate the witness and the jury understands that.”

“I’m speaking to you here on the bench because I don’t want to embarrass him,” he added. “You have to talk to him. I won’t tolerate that.”

Blanche told Merchan he would speak to Trump about the matter.

The 13th day of the trial included detailed descriptions of the alleged 2006 encounter between Daniels and Trump, in which the actress testified as part of the hush money trial. The information provided by Daniels was so detailed that Blanche requested a mistrial on the grounds that her testimony was “extremely prejudicial.”

Merchan denied the motion for a mistrial but said he agreed there are “some things that are better left unsaid.”

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Daniels will be back on the witness stand to testify the next day of the court session, Thursday. Wednesday is the weekly rest day for the trial.

The hush money case is Trump’s first of four expected criminal trials. The former president is seeking a second term in the White House and is fighting in the courtroom and on the campaign trail with a rematch against President Joe Biden in November.