, leading prosecutors to make several objections during the first phase of the trial. At one point, Judge Juan Merchan, noticing some jurors’ fatigue over the starting-and-stopping of the opening statements from Trump Organization lawyers, called for a 15-minute recess and excused the jury from the room.“I will permit you to say that he acted solely for his benefit, and that’s it,”
, quoting Merchan. “It’s a confusing area of the law, and for them to get confused at this point is not going to help anybody.”“I have never seen a judge excuse a jury for 15 minutes in the middle of an opening argument. … Like, multiple sustained objections are one thing, but a lengthy break in the middle is just… weird,” Walters tweeted.
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Why isn't Trump in jail?