The fireworks came shortly after the prosecution rested its case in Trump's historic hush money criminal trial.
Lawyer Robert Costello muttered "Geez!" after Merchan sustained several prosecution objections to his testimony. When Merchan confronted Costello about his breach of basic courtroom decorum, Costello told the court stenographer to "strike it" from the record − something only the judge has the power to do.
Merchan excused the jurors and began scolding Costello, a former federal prosecutor and veteran defense attorney, and then asked: "Are you staring me down right now?" The judge then ordered the entire courtroom cleared for a short time.
- A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled a Minnesota law requiring a person to be...
Five Ohio police officers in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention shot at a man who...
Residents in Nashville, Illinois, are evacuating their homes after emergency management officials warned the failure of...
