Things went sideways on Friday morning before Eric Trump could even take the stand to resume his testimony.
opened by raising his very evident concerns about Trump and his legal team haranguing Engoron’s principal law clerk, Allison Greenfield, over their perceptions of “bias.”“To the extent that there is the perception of bias,” defense attorney Chris Kise responded, he needed to “as a lawyer… at least mark it.”
“The entire country, if not the world, is watching this proceeding,” he railed. “And the U.S. heretofore has been a model for integrity and impartiality in the judicial system, since its founding. Nothing in here should create any appearance that the adherence to those principles has wavered… Yes, as a judge you’re entitled to receive , but from someone who has potentially demonstrable bias… and the manner in which that has taken place, we at least have to make a record.
“It’s not information, it’s an allegation,” Engoron snapped, saying he had no idea what article Kise was talking about and hadn’t seen it.That’s when Engoron seemed to have had enough, calling Kise’s claim that Engoron had been apprised on Friday morning of the story in question, “ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE, OKAY?!”
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