John Yoo: Trump Judge Faces a ‘Serious Problem’ if Court Returns Guilty Verdict

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YOO: “I hate to say it, I don’t think so. Every time that Judge Merchan has had a really serious choice in this trial, he has sided with DA Alvin Bragg. Maybe that’s the case with other judges in New York City these days, but I think the cautious thing to do, especially when we have crossed the Rubicon to allow the first prosecution of an American president in the history of the country, you would want everything to be shipshape and buttoned up. And instead, this has been a kind of, how would you put it, just sort of — Judge Merchan, becomes a free form trial where he’s calling really difficult questions on the fly and I think he could have serious problem on appeal when a several, three or four — reserved appellate judges can take a look at this.”