Trump trial devolves into chaos as judge admonishes defense witness

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Testimony is set to conclude on Tuesday -- without Trump expected to take the stand -- and closing statements are now expected just after the Memorial Day holiday.
42% : They began to scramble to fly in a C-SPAN employee from Indiana so he could retake the stand to introduce photos taken from video of Trump and his bodyguard possibly critical to the case.
36% : "A totally conflicted judge who just did something that nobody's ever seen," Trump told reporters as he left court for the day.
36% : As the state's star witness, undermining his trustworthiness could sow reasonable doubt in the minds of jurors - the bar they must reach to determine whether Trump is guilty or innocent of the charges he faces.
35% : Prosecutors pushed back on the defense's request, contending there is "extensive evidence of false records" and "no argument" to dismiss the charges against Trump.
22% : He also pushed back on the district attorney's broader theory of the case, that Trump sought to have negative stories about him stifled to clear his path to the White House in 2016.
17% : Trump attorney Todd Blanche argued that prosecutors failed to prove that the underlying business records the former president is charged over -- 11 invoices Cohen filed to Trump, 12 ledger entries and 11 checks Trump signed for Cohen -- were false.

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