The last time they tried an excessive bail the NY appeals court reduced it by a huge amount. This court could try the same nonsense again but I doubt it would stand.
As his lawyer, would you have allowed PDJT to take the stand knowing that was coming?
No. I think Merchan's jury instructions were more outrageous than allowing SD's testimony, because the instructions literally told the jury a lie that was calculated to make the jury believe Trump was guilty. Both actions by the judge were wrong.
I posted a while back that I was trying to give Merchan the benefit of the doubt. Then I read his jury instructions. That removed those doubts. Merchand is a hateful partisan fanatic.
If Merchan had given fair, logical instructions to the jury that would have made a difference, but he didn’t. Those instructions should have explained why he didn’t let the ex-FEC chairman, the only person who would have known that part of the law, testify, but instead let Cohen (who didn’t know squat) explain the law to them.