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Alan Dershowitz Destroys Judge Merchan After Attending Trump Trial
PJ Media ^ | 05/21/2024 | Matt Margolis

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alandershowitz; dershowitz; facistjudge; harassment; hushmoney; judgemerchan; newyork; persecution; showtrial; thedersh; trump
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It reminded me of Mae West when a judge said, you're showing contempt for the court and Mae West said no, Your Honor, I'm trying my best to hide my contempt for the court."
1 posted on 05/21/2024 8:23:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Dershowitz added:
"I'm sure Costello was trying to hide his contempt for the court, but the judge had such a thin skin that he threatened him. He said he would strike the testimony and hold him in contempt if he rolled his eyes again. You have a constitutional right to roll your eyes and to stare at anybody. It was absurd!"

"And then, to sit so close to Cohen, watching him give lie after lie — would you believe what he actually said? He would not have accepted a pardon from Donald Trump after he had previously said he would do anything to avoid prison. He would, essentially, he would lie, he would cheat, he would do anything to avoid prison — but 'I won't accept the pardon from Donald Trump,'"

"If you believe that, I got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. There [were] so many lies! And then, failure to allow a full testimony from the expert when the other side was allowed to introduce letters saying — that the jury will believe it, as Jonathan correctly said — that it was illegal. 'It was illegal! It was illegal!' This expert was gonna come in and rebut that. This judge has committed more reversible errors in the one day I was in the courtroom than I've seen in years and years of practicing law."

2 posted on 05/21/2024 8:25:30 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Why do I get the feeling that Merchan is looking for an out to this fiasco but something or someone is forcing him to proceed.


3 posted on 05/21/2024 8:27:42 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Give the Anti-Israel Protesters a one way ticket to fight with Hamas. )
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“don’t roll your eyes.”

What are we.....in third grade?


4 posted on 05/21/2024 8:27:51 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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It's called a fake libtard show trial Alan
5 posted on 05/21/2024 8:28:07 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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And all of this nonsense is designed to tie up Trump. If somehow there is a “conviction” it will assuredly be immediately appealed due to the absurdity of the banana court. So many Constitutional violations and court errors it almost seems it is being constructed for the very purpose of setting up an appeal to further ensnare and distract Trump.


6 posted on 05/21/2024 8:28:22 AM PDT by Obadiah
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“Why do I get the feeling that Merchan is looking for an out to this fiasco but something or someone is forcing him to proceed.”

Not even close my friend.....you have any idea what he has been promised if he can secure a guilty verdict?

The mind boggles.


7 posted on 05/21/2024 8:30:00 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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Exactly, that’s all it is. A politically motivated show trial, like in the Marxist nations of old.


8 posted on 05/21/2024 8:30:51 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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“all of this nonsense is designed to tie up Trump”

The jury was dismissed this morning until NEXT Tuesday......can you believe it? SMH


9 posted on 05/21/2024 8:31:58 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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Why do I get the feeling that Merchan is looking for an out to this fiasco but something or someone is forcing him to proceed.

Don't know. Maybe because you think Merchan is concerned with his image?

Merchan is fixated on "getting Trump".

In general, leftists are not worried about procedure or rules. What they want is results. How they get the results is not very relevant.

10 posted on 05/21/2024 8:32:24 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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Merchan is what the judicial system ought not be. Videos of him could be used in law schools showing students how not to operate a courtroom.


11 posted on 05/21/2024 8:32:47 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand (Mp)
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bkmk


12 posted on 05/21/2024 8:33:52 AM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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“Then, to sit so close to Cohen, watching him give lie after lie — would you believe what he actually said? He would not have accepted a pardon from Donald Trump after he had previously said he would do anything to avoid prison. He would, essentially, he would lie, he would cheat, he would do anything to avoid prison — but ‘I won’t accept the pardon from Donald Trump,’”

“If you believe that, I got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. There [were] so many lies! And then, failure to allow a full testimony from the expert when the other side was allowed to introduce letters saying — that the jury will believe it, as Jonathan correctly said — that it was illegal. ‘It was illegal! It was illegal!’ This expert was gonna come in and rebut that. This judge has committed more reversible errors in the one day I was in the courtroom than I’ve seen in years and years of practicing law.”


In Nazi Germany:

People’s Court judge, Roland Freisler didn’t allow the Defendant to actually have any defense.

Why waste time with things that didn’t matter?
So, here we are.

posted on 5/20/2024, 4:01:00 PM by ClearCase_guy


13 posted on 05/21/2024 8:35:29 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (“If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it!” )
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The Nazis filmed Roland Freisler screaming at men he was trying, who were accused of conspiring against Hitler after the 20 July 1944 bomb attempt. Why am I reminded of that?

Freisler was killed in a bombing the following January. I wonder if Merchan is worried that Trump might drop a house on him, when he returns to office?

14 posted on 05/21/2024 8:40:46 AM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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Merchan is only there to pronounce Trump “guilty”.

The Socialist Democrats know full well this joker will be reversed on appeal. They just want to convict Trump for the election,


15 posted on 05/21/2024 8:45:41 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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yes, an let’s hope that any of this or the truth matters to at least one juror-it may not as the god/relgion of the left is their polticial agenda is all that matters


16 posted on 05/21/2024 8:52:22 AM PDT by TECTopcat
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Alan is an honest man and his willingness to speak up against the corruption of our judicial system is courageous and... prayerfully....it will prove helpful

we absolutely have to find a way to clean up the legal system or it will bury USA


17 posted on 05/21/2024 8:53:03 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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It's obvious that Merchan expects a conviction and is doing everything he can to ensure one. He allowed the prosecution to keep interrupting Costello so the jury would not get a clear idea of his testimony, and he didn't allow the expert on federal election law to testify at all. Trey Gowdy has opined that the jurors tend to side with the judge, and of course the judge did his best to exclude anyone who might be impartial. Then he lets the jurors spend the next seven days around family and friends and being exposed to the mainstream media (although I think he told them not to watch the news).

Some people are hoping for a hung jury and that is not impossible but I think the chances are pretty slim, maybe 10%.

Assuming the judge gets the conviction he wants, does he order Trump to prison immediately or let the appeals play out first? The White House and DOJ (who are behind the case in the first place) would love to see Trump imprisoned but that might be a bridge too far even for Merchan.

Costello pointed out that Bragg did not present his exculpatory evidence to the grand jury even though he was required to do so. If he had, the grand jury probably wouldn't have voted for a trial.

18 posted on 05/21/2024 8:53:44 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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Merchan is dreaming of the day, and the notoriety he will get if he becomes the judge to send Trump to jail. That is his motivation. He will be hailed as a hero in some circles, even though his reputation as a fair judge has been demolished.


19 posted on 05/21/2024 8:56:57 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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I dont have a problem with that . Rolling eyes, sighing, scoffing etc are not allowed in court. What I have a problem with is the threat to strike his testimony if it persisted. Marchand should have threatened contempt; threatening to strike defense evidence because of the behavior of a defense witness is not a proper sanction


20 posted on 05/21/2024 8:57:12 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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