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Judge Juan Merchan became irate at a witness Donald Trump‘s defense team brought in to testify in the former president’s hush money trial on Monday, claiming the witness was reacting inappropriately to the judge’s decisions. https://t.co/3zxzHNi0xG
The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial cleared the courtroom of reporters Monday and then threatened to remove the defense’s witness from the trial after his behavior on the stand, a court transcript shows. https://t.co/JKqwNaUS4H
Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal hush money trial was briefly thrown into chaos on Monday when Judge Juan Juan Merchan ordered the courtroom cleared in order to dress down a combative witness. Story: https://t.co/Rj1un12Dgu https://t.co/Fg3TerlP2v
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money trial, State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, briefly cleared the courtroom of reporters on Monday after admonishing a key defense witness, Robert Costello, for his behavior on the stand. Costello made comments under his breath and continued speaking after objections were sustained, prompting the judge to threaten his removal from the court, a court transcript shows. The prosecution had just rested its case when the incident occurred, leading to a period of mayhem in the courtroom. The combative witness caused significant disruption, necessitating the judge's intervention.
