Donald Trump's lawyer Chris Kise, grew annoyed on Wednesday afternoon as the defense team began to cross-examine Ivanka Trump.
Jesus Suarez began the questioning for Trump's defense team but began asking some of the same questions that the Attorney General's Office did. It annoyed Judge Arthur Engoron.
Trump lawyer Christopher Kise spoke out for the record, saying that it took the judge less than a minute into their questioning for the defense team to get a reprimand from the judge to "hurry up."
"That is grossly unfair," Kise whined.
"I disagree," said the judge.
Kise and Alina Habba have consistently worked to make the judge seem as if he is unfairly targeting their client, according to some experts. They've accused him of "passing notes" with his aides during the trial. Habba accused the judge and his clerk of rolling their eyes while she was asking questions of the witnesses. She said it was distracting.
Throughout the questioning of Michael Cohen, Trump's lawyers were asking some of the same things. Cohen would then make his objections before the AG's team, saying something was "asked and answered."
During the questioning Monday, the former president was so furious he was shouting and throwing what one MSNBC host called a "tantrum" from a toddler. It prompted legal analysts to wonder if he was attempting to get a mistrial by pulling a reaction from the judge.
It's a similar tactic previously used by Roger Stone in his federal trial, where he attacked the judge online, even putting crosshairs over her face. Stone said the judge must recuse herself or he needed a new trial because she couldn't possibly remain independent after his attacks.
