Fox contributor: “The real villain” in Trump's trial is Judge Merchan
Sean Duffy: “The real villain here I think is Judge Merchan who hasn't taken control of the evidence that should match the elements of the crime, and that's what should be presented to the jury”
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From the May 9, 2024, edition of Fox News' The Faulkner Focus
SEAN DUFFY (FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR): So Mother Teresa, Stormy Daniels is not, right? She has many inconsistent statements that we just talked about right here but she also has the motivation to lie, there's a financial interest in this for her. She hates Donald Trump. All those things can be brought out. I mean the fact that she actually talks to dead people Harris, I mean, I know we don't get to pick our witnesses but she is a horrible witness for the prosecution and, by the way, we should not be in this situation. I mean, Judge Merchan has taken control of this courtroom. He has a gag order on Donald Trump, enforcing that gag order on Donald Trump. On Tuesday, he was upset that Donald Trump was shaking his head and cursing under his breath and talked to Trump's lawyers to get him to stop. But, they let all of this prejudicial and irrelevant evidence from Stormy Daniels into the trials. So yes, the prosecutors are pushing the envelope, they're going too hard, they should look for- they should look for the truth, but the real villain here I think is Judge Merchan who hasn't taken control of the evidence that should match the elements of the crime and that's what should be presented to the jury. That hasn't happened. And so now, this is just a food fight now in the courtroom, and I don't blame Trump's lawyers for now calling out Stormy Daniels for all of these inconsistent statements and weird viewpoints like talking to dead people.