Judge Merchan explains how Trump's lawyer just torpedoed his client's mistrial motion

Former President Donald Trump's defense attorneys were seeking a mistrial in his Manhattan hush money case, on the basis that adult film star Stormy Daniels' salacious witness testimony about their alleged sexual affair were too prejudicial to be part of the evidence for the charges of business fraud, but it was reportedly denied.

Judge Juan Merchan appeared to make clear to Trump counsel Todd Blanche that he is partly to blame for why a mistrial over these details is such a dubious proposition ...