Sounds like Merchan had a tantrum and ordered Costello to get out of the courtroom immediately. A bit later the questioning resumed but Merchan really let the cat out of the bag.
Cohen has lied about everything, and now a credible witness says that Cohen told him from the start that he has no dirt on Trump. If he did he would have used it. Costello’s account may be the only honest words we’ll ever get from Michael Cohen. And what he told Costello was definitely an admission against interest, which is very credible.
“Sounds like Merchan had a tantrum and ordered Costello to get out of the courtroom immediately.”
That is not what happened.