Trump ‘Hush Money’ Judge Slams Defense Lawyer Yet Again – HotAir

Now that the jury in Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial in Manhattan has retired to deliberate, there is a waiting period of an unknown length ahead of us. But the trial kept delivering startling moments and headlines right up until the closing bell, most of them once again revolving around the antics of Judge Juan Merchan, the Democrat Biden donor who has been making the defense leap through hoops at every opportunity. That pattern repeated itself even during the closing arguments, which typically run fairly smoothly, particularly when you have attorneys as seasoned as Trump’s. Yet as soon as Todd Blanche concluded his closing arguments and the jurors were sent out for lunch, the judge ripped into Blanche along with the prosecutors. So what was his offense? Criticizing the prosecution’s “star witness,” Blanche told the jury, “You cannot send someone to prison based on the words of…