If you needed any more indication — beyond Rich’s column this morning — about what a farce the Trump “hush money” trial is, you got it this morning when even Judge Juan Merchan, who has gone Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s way on every important call, decided prosecutors were pushing things too far.
The trial is supposed to be starting with jury selection today. So far, though, it’s been mainly legal argument about admissible evidence (referred to as motions in limine — which I discussed here in connection with a different case). Prior to making opening statements to the jury, lawyers want to know what evidence the court is going to permit — you don’t want to promise a jury you’ll prove something only to have the judge suppress the underlying evidence, leaving jurors puzzled about why they never heard about the matter again.
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