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Judge Merchan told Robert Costello not to roll his eyes, stare him down, talk over objections or sigh "jeez." At one point, he cleared the room of reporters.
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David Dee Delgado/ReutersHad he still been a daytime anchor on MSNBC, Carlos Watson would no doubt have spent Monday marshaling reports about the Trump hush-money trial in downtown Manhattan.
Instead, Watson was on the other side of the East River, sitting as a defendant in Brooklyn Federal Court, awaiting the start of jury selection in a multi-million dollar fraud case that could leave him facing as many as 37 years in prison.
A 54-year-old Harvard and Stanford educated superachiever, Watson had gone from anchoring a morning news show in 2009 to co-founding the digital startup Ozy Media in 2013, when it seemed there a fabulous fortune to be made online with news articles, newsletters and podcasts. He also produced television, including The Carlos Watson Show, on which he interviewed notables ranging from Bill Gates to Scarlett Johansson to NASCAR'S Danica Patrick.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Reuters/Evelyn HocksteinHunter Biden's lawyers motioned Monday to again ask a judge to push back his federal gun trial that's slated to begin next month in Delaware, arguing in part there's no need for the case to push forward so quick.
His lawyers are also arguing the trial, scheduled to begin June 3, would push too close to a separate trial the president's son faces in California on tax charges.
"There is no urgency in having an immediate trial of Robert Hunter Biden, but the district court is pressing forward with a June 3, 2024 trial and imposing all the pretrial burdens that come with that," Biden's lawyers wrote in Monday's filing.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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