Trump appears in court for third indictment, pleads not guilty
Anderson Cooper 360
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The Challenges of a Judge's Role at a Trial
The judge's role at a trial is sort of like a ring master. You're trying to wrangle aggressive, opinionated parties that have not just their own agendas, but competing agendas. And one of the challenges for a judge is how do you keep control of your trial? I've had judges who cannot control their courtroom and let defense lawyers, maybe sometimes prosecutors, run roughshod and it's a nightmare. A lot is going to lie on the hands of Judge Chuckin. By all indications, she is a firm, tough, in control judge," he said.
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