Kinda that, but the context is also wild. Apparently, this morning, the judge (allegedly) had a secret ex-parte conference in chambers with the prosecution and

Kinda that, but the context is also wild. Apparently, this morning, the judge (allegedly) had a secret ex-parte conference in chambers with the prosecution and a witness. The witness that is currently on the stand. From what I hear from attornies, an ex-parte meeting with the witness currently on the stand and one side’s counsel is pretty crazy. But to have that meeting without telling the defense counsel at all is bananas. It feels very mistrial territory to me. Then, when the defense counsel raises the issue, the judge’s only question is “who told you?” and “how did you find out?”. Seems extremely antithetical to an open court process. Then, once that question refuses to be answered you get into what you’re talking about. Power-tripping stuff. But even that seems incompetent. He continuously mixes up civil and criminal contempt throughout the proceedings, until he finally gets is straightened out at the very end (with the help from new counsel that shows up to represent the lawyer he’s trying to jail). Just totally wild stuff.