Judge Merchan gags President Trump and his defense lawyers, but not Michael Cohen and the prosecution: What explains his willing destruction of his own reputation as a judge?

American Thinker ^ | 05/21/2024 | Jack Hellner

[SeekAndFind]

Judge Juan Merchan gagged President Trump and his lawyers, but doesn’t gag Micheal Cohen or the prosecution. Merchan doesn’t care that the prosecution hasn’t actually shown a crime that segues to a supposed bookkeeping violation.

The judge won’t allow an expert defense witness who would testify that there was clearly no campaign finance violation that would allow the prosecution to go back to the supposed hush money expenses.

The judge doesn’t care that state courts have no jurisdiction over federal election laws.

The judge doesn’t care how much Cohen lies on the stand. He doesn’t even care that Cohen is an admitted thief.

But, this same judge gets extremely mad when a defense witness bucks the tyranny and fails to properly bow; from Yahoo News:

Defense witness who angered the judge in Trump’s hush money trial will return to the stand

A defense witness in Donald Trump’s hush money case whom the judge threatened to remove from the trial over his behavior will return to the stand Tuesday as the trial nears its end.

Trump’s lawyers are hoping Robert Costello’s testimony will help undermine the credibility of a key prosecution witness, Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen.

But Costello angered Judge Juan Merchan on Monday by making comments under his breath, rolling his eyes and calling the whole exercise ‘ridiculous,’ prompting the judge to briefly kick reporters out of the courtroom to admonish him.

The judge told Costello, a former federal prosecutor, he was being ‘contemptuous,’ adding, ‘If you try to stare me down one more time, I will remove you from the stand,’ according to a court transcript.

Merchan threatened Costello with contempt, all because he treats this sham of a trial like a joke;

[aimhigh]

Even though a guilty verdict would be overturned, the DNC would FLOOD the airways with ads about Trump being found guilty. And the verdict wouldn’t be overturned until after the election.

[mass55th]

"The difference between the political left and right is that the left believe that the end justifies the mean."

The political left will do what they have to, even violate the law to get the end result they want. As Rush Limbaugh pointed out during the Valerie Plame scam:

"Remember the left’s battle cry: 'The nature of the evidence is irrelevant; it’s the seriousness of the charge that matters.' You simply need to make a harsh, totally unfounded charge, and that’s reason enough to investigate."

[Chgogal]

The judge is a rabid dog. There is no reasoning with him.

If I am from Manhattan I’d be worried that America equates the Rabid Dog Judge to me. This judge has made me very weary of ever visiting NYC. They are insane. Why else would citizens put up with such insane leadership from every branch of government?

[arthurus]

I am sure he will be handsomely rewarded, perhaps with a promise to a USSC seat when Alito has his heart attack in August.

[frnewsjunkie]

Sometimes the reason is to be the ONE who brought Trump down.