NY v. Trump: Dershowitz Witnessed When Judge Merchan Went Berserk During Bob Costello’s Testimony (May 20, 2024)

Democrat and Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus, Alan Dershowitz, witnessed when judge Juan Merchan lost his cool and cleared the courtroom on Monday during testimony from Michael Cohen’s former legal adviser, Robert Costello.

Dershowitz: I was inside the court when the judge closed the Trump trial, what I saw shocked me: Alan Dershowitz Via Fox News The trial’s judge was ‘an absolute tyrant’ … [I]n my 60 years as a lawyer and law professor, I have never seen a spectacle such as the one I observed sitting in the front row of the courthouse yesterday. The judge in Donald Trump’s trial was an absolute tyrant, though he appeared to the jury to be a benevolent despot. He seemed automatically to be ruling against the defendant at every turn. Many experienced lawyers raised their eyebrows when the judge excluded obviously relevant evidence when offered by the defense, while including irrelevant evidence offered by the prosecution. But when the defense’s only substantive witness, the experienced attorney Robert Costello, raised his eyebrows at one of New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan’s rulings, the court went berserk. Losing his cool and showing his thin skin, the judge cleared the courtroom of everyone including the media. For some reason, I was allowed to stay, and I observed one of the most remarkable wrong-headed biases I have ever seen. The judge actually threatened to strike all of Costello’s testimony if he raised his eyebrows again. That of course would have been unconstitutional because it would have denied the defendant his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses and to raise a defense. It would have punished the defendant for something a witness was accused of doing. Read the full article here.

Alan Dershowitz: Judge Merchan runs the courtroom tyrannically Interview with Fox Business’ Larry Kudlow: “Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz criticizes Judge Merchan for threatening to strike former Michael Cohen legal adviser Robert Costello’s testimony because he did not like the way he looked at him[.]

Dershowitz interview with Maria Bartiromo Via Fox Business: “Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz details what he’s seen while in the NY vs. Trump courtroom”

Dershowitz: I spent yesterday in the Trump courtroom and looks even weaker now. Via The Dershow With Alan Dershowitz:

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