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Opening statements begin on monday. And according to the judge, quote, this trial is starting. So long we have been using the word erosion on trumps institutions and americas faith in them f. This weeks spectacle showed us any, the term erosion the flow of water, slow and steady, might be under stating the immediate danger. We should think of the harm done to the structure of our democracy like a tidal wave, Flash Flooding possible. Try as we might to board up the windows to be kept from being swept away there is damage more and more every second. Some jurors so frightened or intimidated from doing their basic civic duty that some were moved to tears in the courthouse as they were today for fear of retaliation. You can see it in the way the disgraced president lies in the case and the way everyone is in if. He conditioned his followers to Distrust Anything and everything outside the sealed mega bubble. The Executive Director of protect democracy described it to us like this. I think pe
In this courtroom clearly is In God We Trust yet that courtroom is where something extraordinary happened this afternoon. Judge had to go through things that were litigated if not once, twice. In setting forth the rulings on things, he said, i am reading from my notes you can notton submit premotion letters asking to revisit every ruling. I entertained your motions in good faith. At some point you have to accept this courts rulings. We are having opening statements monday. At some 90 that Donald Trump started to stand up and he said sir, we are not finished and sit down. Donald trump was incredibly humbled by that but peeved. When he walked out he usually scans the press in attendance
premotion letters. that has to end okay. my rulings are what they are. i have entertained your argument, i have handed down decisions but at some point you need to accept the court s rulings. and, to say that the judge is frustrated with trump s attorneys would be an under statement. we have to take a step back to see what led us up to this point. the reason why we re at this point is that, in the judge s own words that trump s lawyers had been inundating the court with frivolous motions right before the trial. they were talking about pretrial and premotions. now they cannot file motions
defendant, everybody stands up to dyshow respect, when the jur leaves same thing. this week the only person in that courtroom who wasn t doing that was donald trump. these were the people coming in to the courtroom who might hold his future. he showed in respect for them. i know that his lawyers would have told him we stand up for the jury both when they enter and leave to show respect. the fact that trump chose not to do that shows just how little he is willing to listen to his lawyers. how little he is willing to listen to his lawyers or how much respect he has not only for the jury but for this entire this entire process that is you know attempting to hold him accountable. the judge seemed to be frustrated by trump s delay tactics saying at this point what is happening is what is happening is his defense is literally targeting individual decisions one by one by one by one and filing premotion letter that has to end, okay?