“You’ve known for months what my position would be” based on his pretrial rulings on this issue months ago, Judge Juan Merchan told Donald Trump’s attorneys with regards to the expert witness they want to testify.
Trump attorney Emil Bove jumped to interrupt him, and Merchan said smiling “just relax.”
Bove crossed his hands across his chest apologetically and smiled back at the judge as Merchan continued speaking.
“I’m going to be consistent with my earlier rulings,” Merchan said.
Merchan now tells Bove, “make me an offer of proof as to what he would say in response and I’ll be in a better position to determine if it’s an appropriate response or not. “
Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said, “As the court has just said the judge will and should charge on appropriate legal definitions. The defense is not entitled to have an expert front-end that process.”
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