reporters in the courtroom and then everyone else was in an overflow courtroom. and next week when things get to trial, things will change. the entire press corps will be in the courtroom proper as well as an overflow. we will get more in realtime updates of trump s demeanor and whether or not he is staying awake during the trial. good question there. in the closing stages of yesterday s hearings, judge merchan firmly told trump to sit down. on tuesday, he raised his voice when admonishing trump s aernz on juror intimidation. what were the back and forths about? how did trump react? the incident with the jury intimidation was when a juror was waubing out, trump made a remark that was audible to be heard in the overflow room and picked up on the microphones and the judge. the judge rolly went apoplectic. he was really making the case
firm websites and it does not take too long if you have enough time and wi-fi access. almost anybody can figure this stuff out. i think that we really have a risk of losing more jurors. i think that if the court had its way it would have 30 alternate jurors, because i think there is a chance we could burn through more before it is over. in the closing stages of yesterday s hearings, the judge firmly told trump at one point to sit down. and on tuesday he reportedly raised his voice while admonishing trump s attorneys about juror intimidation in the courtroom. also, the new york times reported that trump may have dozed off at some point. his team claims he was just resting his eyes, but how do you think trumps courtroom behavior could affect the trial? this is so frustrating for criminal defense attorneys like me because criminal defense attorneys will tell their client, look, i will handle everything at trial. i have prepared cross
pushed back, his arraignment is pushed back, which could impact donald trump s case when it comes to the mar-a-lago documents and we, of course, want to see whether or not he would go to trial before election day, certainly something a lot of people are watching. dana? thank you so much. not having an attorney present, delaying things, that sounds familiar at this point in terms of tactics. yeah. thanks. also today a nine-page dressing down from a judge to donald trump s legal team, an atlanta judge told mr. trump he will not intervene in any way right now admonishing trump s lawyers for asking that he play a, quote, guessing game. cnn s sara murray is in atlanta. explain more what this ruling was and what it means? reporter: well, it really is a smack down from fulton county judge. the trump team wanted fani willis disqualified from overseeing the case and wanted the evidence the special grand
she is on the stand. is there any chance trum whop t tr trump would take the stand? well, i don t think that there is any reason for him to. i wonder if he can stop himself from wanting to do that. obviously, he s been commenting on the case from outside the courtroom. i don t believe that he will testify. and the judge sort of admonishing trump s lawyers saying they could what trump is saying and posting about it on the scam could put him in further liability, jeopardy. well, there is a couple things that could happen with that. the judge has asked and warned him not to discuss the case. there could be a potential contempt finding. there could be an allegation that he insighted some silence. people get behind him and think that he is being targeted. and obviously, there is the point is that he is at trial in the first place because he said this didn t happen. is this a second defamiliar torre statement in i think that is a real possibility here, too. if she wins the trial an