Trump 'got frustrated' and 'stormed out' of courtroom during Wednesday trial

And now back to the Trump

trial

s, there was a dramatic day in New York City civil court this afternoon and not just because former President Trump's former fixer, Michael Cohen, testified against him for the second day in a row at one point shocking in which former President Trump was called to appear. take the stand himself to explain derogatory comments he made in a hallway that the judge ruled had violated a gag order prohibiting Mr. Trump from making personal attacks on

courtroom

staff here are those comments in the hallway today this judge is a very partisan judge with the person who is very partisan sitting next to perhaps even much more partisan than him, so, we are doing very well, the facts speak very loudly, he is a totally discredited witness and you have not seen nothing yet, this has continued for a long time, it is a totally discredited genius.

The former president tried to convince the judge that he was talking about Michael Cohen, not the court staff, but the judge didn't believe it and fined the former president $110,000, and shortly after, the former president apparently

stormed

out of the courthouse.

courtroom

and left the courtroom. It's Dasha Burns from NBC, she joins us now live Dasha, what happened today? Yes that's fine. Buckle up for a second while I explain this to you because it's certainly not the court day we were expecting, so you heard those comments on the line in question. was the person he was referring to sitting next to the judge at the beginning the judge asked Trump's lawyers who the lawyer was referring to said Michael Cohen the judge said okay, let me consider that and shortly after called Trump to come up to the court stand now Trump only took the stand for about a minute or so and the judge asked him who Trump is referring to, says Michael Cohen, but he still said again: you know that employee, even though she is partisan against me, the employee you're talking about, uh, Gabe is yes you Remember, remember that the same secretary that you posted a derogatory post about that initially put the gag order on you, so this is the second time you've pushed the same button on this judge and it seemed like the judge just said he had enough, he said.

He found Trump not credible on the stand and said he was going to find him $10,000. Then the cross-examination continued after the judge said, "Look, don't do it again next time, it will be worse." Trump's lawyer asked for a direct verdict in the case, which essentially means he asked the judge to dismiss the case because of something Michael Cohen said the judge quickly denied that, so you saw Trump

frustrated

, he stood up and He

stormed

out of the courtroom, gasps were heard, his Secret Service agents gave chase. he ran after him chasing him out of the courtroom and he just told reporters outside the courtroom that this

trial

should be over and then he came back to court a little later he had a conversation with the judge we don't know what was said in that room uh, but certainly an unexpected day full of twists and turns here, Gabe, oh wow, I even surprised the secret service agent so quickly, how does this affect the rest of the trial?

You think it'll be interesting to see what this means about Trump. Behavior If he returns to this court, this judge seems to be absolutely done with the nonsense and games. Yeah, if it's Trump, this is two strikes right now, if there's a strike three, the question is what happens next, is it going to be another fine or could you take this a step further? Dasha burns live for us in lower Manhattan Dasha, thank you very much, it's rare not only for a defendant to take the stand like this, but it's not every day it happens to a former president, thanks for watching, stay up to date on news from Breaking news and top stories in the NBC News app or follow us on social media