Posted on 05/21/2024 8:23:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
It's no secret that Judge Juan Merchan is a partisan judge who has exhibited prejudicial behavior against Donald Trump in his Manhattan trial, but famed lawyer and law professor Alan Dershowitz had to see for himself. He attended the Trump trial on Monday and was appalled at what he saw.
Dershowitz appeared on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News Monday evening, during which he destroyed Merchan for his conduct during the testimony of Michael Cohen's former lawyer, Bob Costello. It got extremely tense at times, and Merchan even cleared the courtroom before scolding Costello over his alleged violation of decorum.
“I’d like to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom. As a witness in my courtroom, if you don’t like my rulings, you don’t say, ‘Jeez,’” Merchan reportedly told Costello. "You don't give me side eye, and you don't roll your eyes."
While the public was removed for that moment, Dershowitz, who is not involved in the case, was surprisingly allowed to remain.
"I've got to imagine in all the years you practice law, have you ever seen anything like this?" Hannity asked.
"No, I never have," Dershowitz replied. "I sat in the front row, literally just feet away from where all the action occurred. I rolled my eyes when the judge made some rulings that were absurd. Any first-year evidence student would understand that he was making biased rulings in favor of one side."
"I stared him down, but Costello didn't," Dershowitz continued. "He acted like a normal witness, and the judge went berserk. The judge violated Trump's constitutional right to a public trial by kicking the media out of the courtroom. I don't know why I wasn't kicked out, and I heard him lecture Costello…
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Dershowitz said Costello did NOT roll his eyes and did not stare at Merchan. He said Costello acted like any normal witness. And Dershowitc was in the front row so he had a clear view.
Yet some reporter babe claimed otherwise. Makes me wonder if Merchan and the reporter babe were in cahoots to try to frame Costello so that Merchan could have an excuse to try to discredit Costello in the eyes of the jury by falsely accusing him of things he didn’t do.
Judge wants plenty of time to compose a very "effective" set of jury instructions.
[[you don’t say, ‘Jeez,’” Merchan reportedly told Costello. “You don’t give me side eye, and you don’t roll your eyes.”]]
Power Drunk! Out of control-
“In general, leftists are not worried about procedure or rules”
They’re finding out that, thanks to the feckless GOP, they can get away with anything short of public murder.
That sounds exactly like what Judge Denise Lind did to Lt Col Terry Lakin in his court-martial.
You would think the military would know better. But then, Lind ruled that foreign combat orders don’t have to be ordered by the Commander-in-Chief in order to be lawful, even though the Authorization to use Force put the decisions in the sole discretion of the Commander-in-Chief. Who knew that American forces could be ordered to foreign combat operations without the consent of either Congress or their appointed legally-authorized representative, the Commander-in-Chief?
That whole decision was so that Lind could refuse Lakin his only defense, which was that he disobeyed orders because he had no way to know whether they were authorized by a Constitutional Commander-in-Chief as required by both the Constitution and the Authorization to Use Force.
She denied him any defense. Just like Freisler.
While not a Lawyer, I have seen directed verdicts wherein the jury finds the defendant not guilty, but the judge rejects their findings and pronounces guilt on the defendant.
Any attorneys out there think this is possible in President Trump’s trial?
The problem is stormy Daniels was held to no such restriction.....allowed to say whatever she pleased....the judges obvious suppression of Castello’s testimony is what elicited his frustration to begin with.
This judge’s bias is absolutely despicable.
would be wonderful if EVERY juror voted not guilty based on the nonsense the judge has dished out and on the evidence
Also gave the press something else to talk about vs. the bombshell that Cohen admitted to stealing from the Trump organization.
“compose a very “effective” set of jury instructions”
Yeah like “if you saw Trump in the courtroom you must convict”.
I really wouldn’t put it past this judge to override the jury’s decision if the don’t come back with a guilty verdict.....I really don’t.
Elevating idiots like Juan to the bench is yet another symptom of a nation in steep decline. It’s going to take a herculean effort to right the course of the ship of state.
God speaks very harshly against Judges that play favorites and ignore the law in order to falsely convict innocent people- God’s judgement on judgement day will be severe and fully just for all those judges who have corrupted the law and violated their oaths
From what Dershowitz said, it sounds like Merchan took it out on Costello for what Dershowitz was doing and that’s why he allowed him to stay so he could see what he made Merchan do to Costello.
Judge Jose needs to get himself a court TV gig in Mehico or maybe open a Tequila and Taqueria joint down in El Paso.
This judge deserves an AI generated recreation of his totally unconstitutional behavior. This would be so easy to recreate using AI and the transcripts from the courtroom. Create a campaign ad using this Marxist tool with his sidekick Bragg in showing the public what corruption there is in this election. These people are evil and on a mission from satan. They must take out Trump at all cost. They are eating and drinking seething hatred for every meal they take.
The Democrats/Washington blob don’t care if this farce gets overturned on appeal. That will be long after the election and they will have been able to say “Trump is a convicted felon!!!!” all through the campaign. That is what they are after. The corrupt judge knows this and therefore does not care about trampling on the constitution, or showing his obvious bias or refusing to recuse himself when he has an obvious conflict of interest. It doesn’t matter. This is about election interference.
“it almost seems it is being constructed for the very purpose of setting up an appeal to further ensnare and distract Trump.”
That is a distinct possibility as to what is going on. The Democrats wants this to drag out a long as possible.
Thanks.
I wasn’t aware of her/Judge Lind’s B$!!
Yes, his entire testimony! That threat was one for the books. As if witness' testimony is for their own benefit as opposed to the jury's edification.
SMH
Shows how flawed our system is that that there is no way to stop this out of control third world banana republic judge; in that we have to wait possibly a year for the apellate process to reverse. Unbelievable how a piece of —— can sit in judgement of a former POTUS.
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