Including breaks, Steinglass' closing argument was just under six hours long. Blanche's, according to the Quasis was just short of three. I have never heard of closing arguments going six hours. Brom posted this almost exactly three hours before Steinglass stopped.

Jonah Bromwich
May 28, 2024, 4:53 p.m. ET

Jonah Bromwich Reporting from inside the courthouse

Ever since I started covering courts, I’ve been shocked at the amount of time that prosecutors’ closings take up. They stuff every last piece of evidence into these summations. And a closing argument as long as the one Steinglass is currently delivering will always have moments of tedium, natural ebbs and flows as time passes.

But Steinglass, after slowing down while describing the Karen McDougal deal, is now back in an energized mode and the jurors appear to be paying close attention to the evidence he is showing them about the aftermath of the Wall Street Journal article.