excalibur
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Just what lawfare is, and that includes pliant judges, like Merchan and the other clown in DC, Chutkan.
The Manhattan trial is an embarrassment for NY justice and for America.
The Manhattan trial is an embarrassment for NY justice and for America.
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“I’ve been in courthouses in every part of the world and in China, in Russia, in Ukraine, in Israel. I’ve been all over. I’ve never seen a spectacle like this.
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Dershowitz pointed out that American law doesn’t allow a judge to just throw out a witness’s testimony to punish a defendant.
“And we didn’t see it because television is not allowed in the courtroom. … They just won’t allow the American public to watch this trial, and I don’t blame them. If I were the judge, I would never want this trial to be on television because he’s behaved so outrageously,” he said.
A report at the Daily Mail described Merchan’s outburst as “unhinged.”
In a column there, Dershowitz described, “The stench of deceit hung in the air as I sat in the front row of a Manhattan courtroom. Seated on the witness stand, no more than a few feet from me, I watched in disbelief as Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen told the jury one seeming lie after another.”
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Then, Dershowitz wrote, Merchan “revealed his apparent unhinged prejudice against Trump when he exploded after Costello, a lawyer himself, expressed his surprise over the mystifying rulings.”
He explained he was in the courtroom at the time, and wasn’t asked to leave, so he stayed.
“I wish that the public could have seen what I witnessed – because I believe the judge’s bias against Trump came through loud and clear. ‘Do you raise your eyebrows at me?’ Merchan shouted at Costello. ‘Did you stare at me?'” he explained.
“He sounded like … a nut on the street. A psycho in the film Taxi Driver.”
He explained he was in the courtroom at the time, and wasn’t asked to leave, so he stayed.
“I wish that the public could have seen what I witnessed – because I believe the judge’s bias against Trump came through loud and clear. ‘Do you raise your eyebrows at me?’ Merchan shouted at Costello. ‘Did you stare at me?'” he explained.
“He sounded like … a nut on the street. A psycho in the film Taxi Driver.”

Dershowitz: 'I've Never Seen A Spectacle' Like 'Tyrant' Judge Merchan ⋆ Conservative Firing Line
Dershowitz told Brian Kilmeade that Merchan is a "tyrant" for threatening to strike the testimony of defense witness Bob Costello.
conservativefiringline.com