As former President Donald Trump’s New York business records trial opened on Monday, Trump attorney Jesse Binnall and former federal prosecutor Doug Burns told Newsmax that the absence of politics in the courtroom is essential for the rule of law.
“Having an impartial judge is key to the rule of law, and it’s more important than just even having an impartial judge,” Binnall said during an appearance on Newsmax’s “American Agenda.”
“You have to have a judge who is seen to be impartial. You cannot even have the appearance of partiality from a judge because what suffers then is exactly what we’re seeing now: What suffers is the rule of law. In order to have the rule of law in any country, the people of that country have to know that what is being done in a courtroom is law, not politics,” he continued.
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