'Outrageous:' Trump lawyer screams after prosecutor compares experts to 'murderers' row'
New York prosecutor Kevin Wallace was interrupted by a screaming attorney for former President Donald Trump Thursday when he compared the former president's experts to a "murderers' row," according to reporters inside the courtroom.
Wallace was delivering closing arguments in Trump's $370 million civil fraud trial when he infuriated Chris Kise with his description of the 11 experts who appeared for the defense, writes MSNBC's Lisa Rubin.
"Kise screamed was 'outrageous,'" Rubin wrote on X. "[Judge Arthur] Engoron is unmoved."
The civil court judge then asked Wallace to explain the reference, which he did with a hat-tip for New York City's American League baseball team, according to the Messenger reporter Adam Klasfeld.
"Engoron asks if he was accusing the defense experts of being murderers," Klasfeld wrote. "'Wallace: "No, I was accusing them of being the '27 Yankees.'"
The name appears to have been a compliment for players including Babe Ruth, referencing how much the capable team was feared.
According to Klasfled, laughter erupted in the courtroom.