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So i was in the courtroom for the moment you really wanted to be. You had to be in the courtroom. It was astonishing. Im going to describe it here when we get started. But rachel, ive got three Exclamation Points in my notes beside the clear the courtroom line, which was you know the judge, youve been in that room with him. Hes the dial tone, an even keel guy. Hes the most minor mannered judge. Most judges are fair as you could see that right away. Its one of the greatest things that they cant see how fair and even tempered he is. And so when he says something, which he did, wow, thatll change that room. I do not want to undercut your she, but can i have you an objective experience . When he said clear the courtroom, was it clear to you that it meant you . Knowing that they would need to get out to run out. And half of them did not think that it would show up and i knew right away what he wanted and is that comes from a lifetime of experience of being in courtrooms. And in that lifetime, which happened to Criminal Defense Lawyer, i never heard those words. Its like clear the movie theater. And it was the most ridiculous misfire the defense possibly could have put on. And hes the only one. And he is suppose to testify and what, save donald trump . And as long as hes silence, hes the craziest in the courtroom. And im also desperate to hear the analysis to put on a witness who was going to offend not only from all accounts that ive heard today, but the way he was talking to the female lawyer and the judge, so he had to take the step. The strategy for putting them on when they are not mounting a defense, essentially saying this is what we want you to think of. I cannot wait to hear them in office. We have trial strategist Andrew Weissmann with his strategy. That is how i would describe the trump team. That strategy probably came from donald trump. It might have been the crazy defendants idea. Lets put on a Forbes Magazine that i printed off from make your own thing and that says im a rich guy. All right, go to it. Thank you for getting me in that courtroom. Of course. Clear the courtroom. Now you can spend your life working in courtrooms and never hear those words. It would feel all the more impossible that you are hearing the words clear the courtroom and that you are hearing those words said loudly and most shockingly of all, angrily by the judge as we did today i asked a retired New York City judge who was in the audience today. How many times did he have to clear the courtroom when he was a judge. His answer is as expected. Everyone gets to know each other other. And we make new friends at other News Organizations during the breaks. The jury becomes very familiar with all of the lawyers. They know which of us are the regulars and the tourists, popping in for the day. And the leader of every Courtroom Community is the judge. He or she sits literally above us all at a higher altitude that the judge actually does have a good trial judge who will keep things moving efficiently. Does not waste time, and very aware of the jurys needs and does everything they can to accommodate and treat them as the most important kind of people in the room than later after the trial when some are asked about their judge and friends. Their quick answer is i i love them. I love the judge. And they have every people that any juror has ever felt about their trial judge, their boss. And so i know from experience as much as anything from Courtroom Life that the jury county like it one bit today when the only testifying witness the Trump Defense is going to decide will openly disrespect the judge that the jury respects so fully. Robert costello was the second witness called by the defense and its last witness. There wont be anymore witnesses. The first witness was a paralegal who works for the trumps defense team, who was there to introduce a spread sheet that he created over a list of phone calls. That would not be a real treatment. And it comes down to Robert Costello who used to worn as a federal prosecutor for Rudolph Giuliani as his boss. Robert costello was one of the lawyers Michael Cohen decided to retain. His office was located exactly 20 floors above where im sitting right now in this vast Office Building in rockefeller center. He decided not to hire Robert Costello. Today anyone could see why. For once the worst Criminal Defense Lawyer in the room was not one employed by donald trump. I have not seen a worse Criminal Defense Lawyer than Robert Costello or a stupider one. Based on what we saw him do on the Witness Stand today. The defense warning, did the questioning, the objective to the attorneys questions. Almost all of the objections were sustained instantly by the judge who makes very quick decisions. Because Robert Costello answered questions, his answers were being raised. Back channel, is that a term giuliani used . Answer yes. Move to strike, your honor. Stricken means. Yes could not be used as evidence. The jury could not quote that later. But he did not like the objections. Its not unusual for lawyers as witnesses to have their own opinion about the objections. But it is very unusual for them to in any way voice that opinion about the objections from the Witness Stand. The attorney Michael Cohen surely had some feelings about the objections. But he behaved in a fully professional way for a lawyer on his credibility and simply his his manor that was respectful of the process and respectful of the judge at all times. Fully respectful of donald examining him to what the most frequent answer was, yes, sir. Yes, sir. Repeatedly. Always called him sir. Here is one we all heard and saw, something we would never see in a courtroom before. Little did we know there was much more to come after this. Take a look at the second photograph of the email. Do you see where it says the question of timing is immature. What did you think of that . I was in the courtroom in i could hear Robert Costello who is sitting beside the jury say gee, all the way back there. About the objection. That was his attitude towards the objection. More importantly that was his attitude about the judge sustaining the objection. Z jeez,jeez. The judge was shocked. I was shocked. We have never seen the judge shocked. And was no doubt shocked and tried to race past the moment with another question, which got another objection and was sustained. But the judge leaned across the bench and raised at the witness right there and im sorry, meaning what did you say . And not in an angry way, he said im sorry. Again meaning what did you just say . Of course he knew what he said. He said jeez, and that drew attention to what Robert Costello said. The judge drew that attention in a big way. That line i just told you from the judge saying im sorry, im sorry. That line does not appear in the Court Transcript because too much was happening in the courtroom for the Court Reporter who had never seen anything like this. And this is something that people who deal with Court Transcripts for many years know especially transcripts produced at very high speed like the daily transcripts in this trial. They frequently have small and always unimportant errors. Words left out. Words that are simply incorrect. For example in that same transcript earlier when Robert Costello was introduced in the transcript as a witness, the transcript incorrectly says robert j. Costello, a witness called on behalf of the people. Now that is wrong. Robert costello was called on behalf of the defense. And the lawyers of both sides of the case will be able to use and work with this transcript without suffering any harm from those small typos that they will all recognize and other occasional words left out. And that is just something you need to know about this transcript. This transcript is amazing. I have never seen a transcript make a mistake on any crucial word. But the factoid and simply these transcripts can sometimes be slightly wrong. After the judge said im sorry the second time, by which he meant pardon me, what did you just say and he meant it in a threatening manner. Robert costello said strike it. You they start over again. That doesnt mean the question they started actually gets stricken from the record. It is just almost a note to themselves that the question wasnt going to come up, right . So let me start this over again. And that is like what the lawyer is saying nevermind, im not going to ask that question. I have another question. Everyone. So over something that even he at that point realized he should have never said that wise guy jeez about the judge publicly. In the room in front of the jury, attacking the judge sustaining an objection. It was a level of madness by a witness who actually is a Criminal Defense Lawyer that you could only wonder whether he should be immediately subjected to a sobriety test. How else could that happen . Thats how out there and crazy and Out Of Control that moment was from a Criminal Defense Lawyer, but it got worse. The judge shifted into saying council, can the jury please step up . He would turn to the witness beside him. But im sorry, go ahead, judge merchan. I want to discuss proper day quorum. And you dont say strike it because im the only one that can strike testimony in the courtroom. Do you understand that . Robert costello, i understand. Judge merchan. Okay. And then if you dont like my ruling, you dont give me side eye, and you dont roll your eyes. Do you understand that . Do you understand that . Robert costello, i understand that, i understand what youre saying. Judge merchan, okay, thank you. Lets get the jury back. Are you staring at me right now . No, clear the courtroom, please. Clear the room. The sergeant, sir, please, the Court Officer, step outside please, step outside, step to the side, please, and we all began to get up to leave the courtroom. Those of us who knew that the judge had full authority to clear that courtroom. Half the reporters in the courtroom tried to stay in their seats. Some tried to argue with the judge. And they have a right to be in the courtroom. For two pages of Court Transcript. There are entries that weve never seen before in a Court Transcript quoting the Court Officer saying step out repeatedly. A person in the audience saying why . This is an open courtroom. The Court Officer saying this is not an open courtroom. We will answer all questions in the hallway. Please step out. This is a Supreme Court courtroom step out. Person in the audience, this is an open courtroom. Now you can spend your life reading Court Transcripts. You will never see the entry person in the audience. That does not happen. What we have, what we have for the minutes it took to clear that courtroom. What we had then was chaos in the courtroom, all caused by the wise guy on the Witness Stand who decided he was going to show the judge that he was smarter than the shown and worse for him and for the Trump Defense, he was going to show the jury that he thinks hes smarter than their judge. And it is very unlikely that that jury thinks there is anyone in that courtroom who is as smart as their judge. After five minutes in the hallway that seems like forever, we were brought back into the courtroom. Having no idea what was said in our absence. But knowing it was about the wise guy. The final pages of the complete thing and we got to see what happened when judge merchan cleared the courtroom. The transcript says, the court is cleared of people and the audience by the Court Officers at this time. The court, all right, let it reflect it is five after 4 00. Let it reflect the Court Officers had great Difficulty Clearing the courtroom because the courtroom is made up primarily of the press. I can appreciate the press wants to be present for every part of these proceedings. Therefore this record is not sealed. The press will have access to this record. The fact i had to clear the courtroom and the Court Officers including the cap had Difficulty Clearing the cap. And during press, will go to why you want to clear them in the first place. That is your conduct that is contentious contemtuous. And do you understand me . And yes, judge, i understand. The court, listen to the question and answer the question. The witness, can i say something, please . The court, no, no. This is not a conversation. The witness, okay. The court. All right, lets bring the press back in, please. The Court Officer, okay. The press is entering the courtroom. That team of able Court Officers who are already doing an above and duty job every day beginning for many of them at 6 30 a. M. Had to do something today as a team they never knew would expect. Clear that courtroom. They did it calmly, correctly using their authority. Understanding the confusion that many supporters were suffering. But they got us all out of that courtroom. They got us all back in that courtroom. It was five minutes later. They did it with remarkable professionalism. It is just remarkable how quickly and efficiently they went into action as a team of Court Officers for something and they never expected to have something, and they had to do it because the only witness testifying for Donald Trumps defense was contemptuous from the start. As angry of a moment as that moment was for judge merchan, that anger was a small fraction of what many other judges would have legitimately shown for the utterly contemptuous witness for the Trump Defense. Michael cohen testified to the jury he didnt hire Robert Costello because he didnt trust him. Michael cohen said he believes Robert Costello would tell Rudy Giuliani and donald trump everything Michael Cohen might tell Robert Costello. Hes obviously the contempt for the judge. Probably would convince most of the jurors that Michael Cohen was right about the contemptuous Robert Costello. Well consider all the evidence introduced at the trial today including on Michael Cohens crossexamination with Andrew Weissmann, lisa reuben after this break. Well show you how the defense, which claims Donald Trumps payments to Michael Cohen were not reimbursements. Made the mistake today of repeatedly ineffect, identifying those payments as reimbursement of the defense. Thats next. 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