Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Who, exactly, is the 'drama queen'?
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Following a tense scene to conclude Monday’s proceedings, Trump proceeded to refer to witnesses outside the courtroom — twice. Trump did so despite a gag order barring him from making “public statements about known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses” concerning their testimony.
Trump directly mentioned his legal team’s first witness, Robert Costello, and he offered a more oblique but unmistakable reference to the prosecution’s final witness, Michael Cohen, his former lawyer, who concluded his testimony Monday afternoon. [...]
While not mentioning Cohen by name, Trump apparently read from comments by one of his favorite legal pundits, Andrew McCarthy, about Cohen’s admission in court Monday that he “stole” from the Trump Organization. [...]
Trump cited other commentators who had talked about Cohen, without saying Cohen’s name. He once cited “the witness today” and another time referenced “credibility.” He referred to criticism of prosecutors for allegedly mishandling a courthouse admission and cited “larceny” — all obvious references to Cohen’s testimony.
And commentators and pundits speculated on when Michael Cohen would lose his cool...