Trump was reportedly 'irked' that the judge at his latest arraignment on 2020 election charges called him 'Mr.' instead of 'President' — but she's not the only judge doing it
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- Trump was reportedly "irked" over how the judge at his latest arraignment referred to him.
- Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya called him "Mr. Trump," but she isn't the only judge to do so.
- CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported that Trump left the courtroom "in a sour and dejected mood."
Former President Donald Trump was reportedly "irked" that the Washington, DC, judge who oversaw his arraignment for his third and latest criminal indictment referred to him as "Mr. Trump" instead of "President Trump."
Trump appeared in court on Thursday after he was federally charged with four felony counts in connection to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
During the proceeding in which Trump entered a not-guilty plea, US Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya called the former president "Mr. Trump."
CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported on the air Thursday after the court appearance that Trump "was, quote, 'pissed off,' according to someone who spoke to him."
"I'm learning tonight that Trump left here in a sour and dejected mood," said Collins.
The CNN anchor of "The Source" program added, "I am told that the former president, one thing that irked him particularly was during that hearing today that lasted about 27 minutes was when the magistrate judge referred to him as simply 'Mr. Trump.'"
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"That may not sound odd to anyone else, but he is still referred to by his former title, President Trump, when he's at his Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey, as he is tonight, or at Mar-a-Lago," Collins said.
Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has been indicted three times in four months — and Upadhyaya is not the only judge to have referred to him as "Mr. Trump" during his historic arraignments.
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan also called the former president "Mr. Trump" during his April arraignment on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection to a 2016 payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels. Trump pleaded not guilty in that case as well.
US Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman, who presided over Trump's June arraignment on 37 federal charges related to his handling of classified records after leaving the White House, opted for "president" instead.
Goodman referred to Trump as "former President Trump" during the court proceeding in Florida, where Trump also entered a not-guilty plea.