Today a judge in a hearing to decide if the ex president should face fines for continually violating gag orders, lambasted Donald Trump's lawyers. Judge Juan Merchan told Trump's lawyers that they were losing their credibility in the way they were arguing in Trump's defense.
You can hardly blame the lawyers. Trump is a loose cannon. He won't listen to anyone with authority. He believes he's above the law. In Trump's mind, the only law is his law. Trump's lawyers must be throwing their hands up in regards to their client's behavior.
In this hearing, they were likely trying a hail Mary defense and hoping it would stick. The judge is having none of this nonsense. He wants criminal defendant Trump to listen to his orders. The judge doesn't want some maverick defendant trying to take control of the court room.
It will be interesting to see what penalties if any, the judge hands out to Trump. Even more questionable is if Trump will finally listen to the judges gag orders. I think Trump believes that this hearing is a circus and that he can treat it that way. Trump will learn that he's not in control of the hearing and any hearings in the future. Trump will be treated like any other criminal defendant.
Trump is acting like a jackass but that isn't surprising. During his life he's been able to use his lawyers to strong arm anyone that he thinks are in his way. I believe the man has ruined people's lives, especially the people that don't have the means to fight him in court.
Some of the people that he's harmed are the little guys, the type of people that he says that he's representing. Let's be clear, the only person that Trump is representing and fighting for is Donald Trump. Nobody matters to Trump but Donald Trump. If you get in his way, he will stream roll you.
Maybe just this one time, Donald will find out that he's not above the law.
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