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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

‘Are you staring me down?’: Furious judge clears courtroom after Trump defense witness sighs and rolls eyes

REUTERS

The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan cleared the courtroom and reprimanded a defense witness Robert Costello for his heavy sighs, eye rolls and audible reactions to a series of objections to his testimony.

New York Justice Juan Merchan excused the jury on Monday to school Costello about “proper decorum” in the courtroom moments after his testimony began.

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