Judge Warned Trump For Cursing At Stormy Daniels

The Huffington Post reports:

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money trial warned his lawyer Tuesday that the former president’s repeated cursing in court was verging on witness intimidation as adult film star Stormy Daniels testified at length in front of the jury.

New York state Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan called Trump attorney Todd Blanche to the stand for a sidebar during a trial break and warned him about his client’s “audible” swearing, according to court transcripts.

“I understand that your client is upset at this point,” Merchan told Blanche, say the transcripts, obtained by The Washington Post. “But he is cursing audibly and he is shaking his head visually, and that’s contemptuous. It has the potential to intimidate the witness and the jury can see that.”

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Notable moment in court today where the judge told the defense he could hear Trump cursing:

Judge Merchan: “I understand that your client is upset at this point, but he is cursing audibly, and he is shaking his head visually and that’s contemptuous…I am speaking to you here at… pic.twitter.com/r8ltpBHUip

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