Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse
We are back in the courtroom. Before we left, Justice Merchan was lecturing Robert Costello. “I want to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom,” he said. “If you don't like my ruling, you dont say 'jeez,' and you don’t say 'strike it,' because I’m the only one who can strike testimony in court.”
“Jeez” at a judge’s ruling will get your ass chewed out. However, I have heard many witnesses say “strike that” as substitute for “I mean.” Maggie Haberman reported that the witness made “a motion to strike his own testimony.” That is a completely different animal.
