Naw, the judge is bought and paid for.
"I wish elected officials would stop talking about this case, particularly in a manner that is disrespectful to the rule of law," said Derek Chauvin Judge Peter A. Cahill.
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Derek Chauvin Judge Peter A. Cahill on Monday said that U.S. Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters could have given the defense grounds to overturn the trial on appeal.
Defense attorney Eric Nelson asked for a mistrial after more than five hours of closing arguments on Monday. He pointed to the heightened media attention and remarks made by Waters on Saturday night during a protest outside the police department in the city of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
Cahill denied the motion, but sympathized with the defense's concerns, according to the
StarTribune.