Judge Merchan Loses His Temper
Although the New York courts have announced that they intend to post transcripts of the Trump trial "before the end of the following business day", this so far hasn't taken place, and the most recent transcript on the site is from Monday. Thus, at least so far, I'm having to rely on incomplete media accounts of the record. Here's the version of vesterday's blowup on Breitbart : Merchan then asked Blanche to explain if Trump believed he was not violating the gag order when he reposted the Truths. “I’d like to hear that,” Merchan exclaimed. Blanche tried to explain, but Merchan said, “Blanche, you’re losing all credibility. I have to tell you right now, you’re losing all credibility with the court.” There's a not fully helpful account of the proceedings in reverse chronological order on CNN . The exchange above appears to have taken place near the end of the hearing, close to the start of the day's trial at 11:00 AM. The specific issue, acco...