I did not realize the depth of Judge Mercan’s pettiness.
I thought Trump wanted the trial to pause for a day so he could go to his son’s graduation without missing it. But no. He is required to be in court on pain of jail.
I think Merchannwill let Trump complain and then ultimately let him go to his son’s event. Just to show how fair he is.

. But maybe he really will be that childish.
It is absurd to make Trump sit in court for this. A presidential election is far more important than a lengthy show trial of an alleged misdemeanor ginned up into 34 felonies.