The other most egregious act by this judge was in speaking against the need for the FEC expert (a former chair, IIRC) to testify. The defense should have still requested his testimony to get a formal Merchan denial on record.
“ The defense should have still requested his testimony to get a formal Merchan denial on record.”
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Given this judge and jury, the defense should have included an appellate specialist on their team. IMHO
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He did prohibit them from calling that witness.
Thats a Sixth amendment Constitutional violation. Also something the SCOTUS should address.
He won’t let them call someone to testify to what constitutes a Violation of Federal Campaign Law and he gets it all wrong in the Jury instructions.
Unbelievable