What really worries me, and Judge Merchan is riding the tiger here, but if I were presiding in this case, I'd bring him in personally, have a really pitched discussion, and I think I'd have to tell him that if he continued down this road, the next appearance would be one where he'd bring his toothbrush, because you cannot tolerate this kind of painting outside the lines.
John E. Jones III discusses the need for strong action against the former president's behavior that undermines the judicial process.
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I think that she's way off base. I think what's happened is the defense in its argument is turning the Presidential Records Act on its head, and she seems to have bought that.
I think it's scurrilous. Anderson, I spent a number of years on the Judicial Security Committee of the Judicial Council of the United States, and I'm well-versed in threats to judges. But this now transcends that, we're talking about…
It is astonishing to me that she hasn't offloaded some of this stuff and that she's arrogated to herself the responsibility to hear it.
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