As a career public defender here in Manhattan, I can tell you with certainty that when a judge says “you’re losing all credibility with the court,” it is not going well for you. 😬

Justice Elena Kagan: 'For a homeless person who has no place to go, sleeping in public is kind of like breathing in public.'

I didn't have Justice Gorsuch calling the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment on my Bingo card for today.
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Frank G. Runyeon Huge news! TRIAL TRANSCRIPTS ARE COMING!!

youtu.be/ehY1JqpFVGA

For context on Sandoval, watch this:

youtu.be/Toi1rLbgZDs

Danny Baker 🇺🇸 Katie Phang It's just the courthouse I've practiced in for the last 14.5 years and a judge I've regularly appeared before. I am VERY familiar with the jurisdiction. I also ran against the current Manhattan DA in the primary back in 2021, so while I'm not involved in this case, I'm an expert.

Eliza Orlins That’s much better than my reply. I just tell them that these people are the good cops

Eliza Orlins You and I both know Trump’s lawyers will have the time of their professional lives trying to get him not to testify lol

Judge Merchan reserved his decision on the prosecution's Sandoval application in the Trump Trial.

I just did a long video breaking down Sandoval — what it is, what the prosecution's application contains, and what the ruling is likely to be.

See here:
youtu.be/Toi1rLbgZDs?si…

Katie Phang Katie!! Love your reporting, but this is factually inaccurate.

As you know, I’ve been a public defender here in Manhattan for the last 14.5 years and I can PROMISE you we do not need to reveal in our opening statements whether our clients are going to testify!

Florida’s “Stop W.O.K.E.” Act aims to limit police officers' training by regulating training related to race or gender. In Law360, Miriam Krinsky & The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP)'s DianeGoldstein explain how the bill would endanger public safety.
law360.com/articles/18265…

Public defenders: “you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me.”

You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

Top 5 reasons we must abolish no knock warrants from a career public defender:
youtu.be/4eip5iAjZvA

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WILL TRUMP TESTIFY IN HIS TRIAL? I would be SHOCKED but he says he is going to!

Video here:
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This happened right outside of our courthouse today.

Incredibly jarring and very upsetting, but I'd encourage folks not to jump to conclusions before we know more.

HUGE trigger warning here: self-immolation.

Haha this song selection is out of control

A lot of people are throwing around the phrase “jury tampering” re: the Trump trial.

I just want to use the Princess Bride quote, “you keep on using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.” So I made a video about it:

youtu.be/E1HHTrBYCjY?si…