Trump flips out on Judge Merchan during break in Hope Hicks testimony

During the lunch break that interrupted testimony by former White House aide Hope Hicks, Donald Trump launched into a full-throated tirade aimed at Judge Juan Merchan — and declared the Manhattan hush money trial is "an insult to American justice!"

Bypassing waiting reporters, the former president took to his Truth Social platform to hammer out an all-caps attack on the hush money trial by repeating the usual assortment of complaints that he is being subjected to a "witch hunt."

The embattled former president wrote...