“This judge will still do what he was going to do.”
This judge Merchan sees the writing on the wall from SCOTUS. Their recent rulings have included statements on unanimity in jury verdicts, (required), as well as defendant rights, many of which were violated by Merchan during this ridiculous proceeding.
Merchan may very much wish to avoid the very public bi+chslap that he feels approaching him and his conduct by the federal judiciary.
Remember, this was the weakest of all of the cases against Trump, which is quite saying something. In addition, the spotlight was not intended to be solely on Merchan and his court room. It was timed to be one of 4 cases running simultaneously that would have had Trump ping-ponging between NY, DC, Atlanta and Florida in dizzying fashion, all while keeping Trump consumed and bankrolling an army of attorneys, all while being kept off of the campaign trail.
Trump has torpedoed it all in spectacular fashion!
Very good post.
Merchan may very much wish to avoid the very public bi+chslap that he feels approaching him and his conduct by the federal judiciary.>>> And they used Trump tweets about Cohen in evidence which are now fully immune from being used in a criminal case. His tweets were ruled official acts. He couldn’t delete them. ( always was but now scotus has at least ruled on it)