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In reply to the discussion: Derek Chauvin Judge Cahill Says Maxine Waters 'Confrontational' Comments Could Cause Mistrial [View all]Jon King
(1,910 posts)Enough with the 'highly respected judge' nonsense. I don't want to hear he used to work for Klobucher. That is irrelevant because he was totally out of line in regards to Maxine's comments. Its also irrelevant that the defense lawyer brought it up.
The judge went out of his way to say "I'll give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result on this whole trial being overturned,"
That is so out of line its pathetic. He should have simply ruled that he would not grant a mistrial and the defense would be within their rights of course to use what she said for an appeal if they saw fit.
In no way, shape or form should he have ever said that it might result in the trial being overturned. He was dead wrong. End of story.
And don't forget he messed up and told the prosecution they could not bring 3rd degree murder charges and the appeals court had to fix it. This guy made 2 big mistakes in the trial already.