A judge became irate at a witness Trump's team brought in to testify in the hush money trial, claiming the witness was reacting inappropriately.
Merchan pointed out that Robert Costello said “geez” in response to one of the judge’s rulings and that Costello offered to strike his own response from the record. Merchan said he also noticed Costello roll his eyes and give him “side eye” at one point.Merchan then abruptly yelled, “Clear the courtroom!” It was unclear exactly what prompted Merchan’s outrage, but after a few minutes of Merchan talking alone with the witness and attorneys, the trial resumed and the jury returned.
Costello’s reactions of exasperation at Merchan had been prompted by the judge sustaining repeated objections from the prosecution. Merchan also at one point admonished Costello for elaborating too much in his responses and struck some of them from the record. Bove told Merchan he wanted Costello to have an opportunity to dispute this point, but prosecutors claimed that a witness attempting to discredit another witness was against the rules, and they objected to Costello testifying at all.
“I read Michael Cohen’s testimony from yesterday’s trial in New York on the way down on the train, and virtually every statement he made about me is another lie,” Costello told the committee.
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