MSNBC host Joe Scarborough couldn't stop from bursting out laughing on Friday morning after it was reported that Donald Trump's legal team told Judge Juan Merchan they were capable of controlling his outbursts on his Truth Social platform.
The issue came up at the close of proceedings on Thursday in the New York City hush-money trial when Trump's lawyers made a request for the names of the first three witnesses Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office will call when the trial commences.
That led to the prosecution balking by explaining they were concerned with the safety of those witnesses, which Judge Merchan agreed with while also expressing his own concerns.
While speaking with MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin, as hosts Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski looked on, co-host Willie Geist reported, "Yesterday — toward the end of yesterday's proceedings — Trump's legal team asked prosecutors to provide the names of the first three trial witnesses. Prosecutors refused, explaining while they typically would turn over that information, they did not want to in this case, because Trump already has been posting online about potential witnesses."
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"The judge said he could not blame prosecutors for that objection," he added. "Trump's attorneys offered to commit to the court that Trump would not post about any witnesses, but the judge responded, quote, 'I don't think you can make that representation.'"
That led to much amusement from the panel with Scarborough heard off-camera laughing and Brzezinski blurting, "Oh, my god!"
"To, to say the least," a laughing Geist added, "Trump's attorneys say, that, 'Sure, we'll control him this time. he won't tweet or Truth Social about the jurors and the witnesses."
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