Like meeting in the next door watering hole after work to collude rather than doing it in the courtroom.
An aside...the next door watering hole in Santa Cruz, CA is called the "Jury Room."
That is pretty much what I meant.
The fact they would be brazen enough to do this at the front of a courtroom, filled with people and a recording device is disturbing and shows how far they have come in subverting and circumventing the law openly.