Reacting to one of Donald Trump's highly paid lawyers complaining about Judge Arthur Engoron and his senior clerk passing notes during the $250 million financial fraud trial, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade couldn't help but laugh while appearing on MSNBC.
On Thursday, Trump attorney Christopher Kise complained about the notes being shared by the jurist and law clerk, Allison Greenfield, which led to a fiery exchange in which Engoron accused the Trump legal team of misogyny.
Appearing on MSNBC with host Ana Cabrera, McQuade smirked and laughed at Kise's courthouse shenanigans while Eric Trump was testifying.
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"You know, I think he's counting on his lawyers to be the ones who are the heavies here" she said of Trump. "And so whenever they are complaining about the clerk, this is, I think, all about creating a narrative that the trial was unfair to Donald Trump."
"You know, the clerk is passing notes to the judge," she added before laughing, "Of course the clerk is passing notes to the judge — that's what clerks do! They are there to help the judge and assist with legal issues and be their eyes and ears while the judge is focused on the case."
"The clerk is observing other things and sharing information with the judge," she elaborated. "To suggest that that is somehow nefarious, I think, is just building a record so that Donald Trump can later say, 'Look, the deck was stacked against me, the court and staff were biased.' That is just based on a house of cards."
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