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Donald Trump’s hush money trial had barely gotten underway on Monday morning when Judge Juan Merchan felt compelled to respond to one of the former president’s lawyers’ objections by telling him to calm down in his Manhattan courtroom. According to courtroom insider and Lawfare managing editor Tyler McBrien, Trump attorney Emil Bove jumped up to object when Merchan stated, “I’m going to be consistent with my earlier rulings” regarding the prosecution’s case against Trump. On X, McBrien wrote, “After Merchan cuts in, Bove waves his arms and continues to try to argue, but Merchan calms him down,…

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