The judge overseeing Donald Trump's Manhattan civil trial is a "disgrace to what is the greatest trial court in America," said former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
"His prejudice in this case is just foaming out of his mouth. It's a horrible thing to watch. This was a good judge at one time. But something has happened to him, as has happened to a lot of our old friends, really," Giuliani said Friday during an appearance on Newsmax's "Rob Schmitt Tonight."
"They've become afflicted. It prevents them from logical thinking. He has done everything he can to give Trump an unfair trial. But to not let him go to his mother-in-law's funeral, that's just cruel."
Trump earlier this week was threatened with expulsion after he repeatedly ignored a warning to keep quiet while writer E. Jean Carroll testified that he shattered her reputation after she accused him of sexual abuse.
Kaplan told the former president that his right to be present at the trial will be revoked if he remains disruptive. After an initial warning, Carroll's lawyer said Trump could still be heard making remarks to his lawyers, including "it is a witch hunt" and "it really is a con job."
Trump ripped Kaplan in brief remarks to reporters after that interaction, calling the Bill Clinton appointee a "nasty judge" and a "Trump-hating guy," echoing his own social media posts that Kaplan was "seething and hostile" and "abusive, rude, and obviously not impartial."
Giuliani said the entire New York judiciary was appointed by the leaders of the "Democratic crooked parties" in each of the counties.
"So the best we get are very, very rigid Marxists who believe criminals have rights and that victims are there to be victimized, and that's what they've done to New York."
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