This was a bad look in today's New York Trump trial, and Matt Gaetz's pomade

 

By Hal Brown

I try to share an original take on a serious topic on my blog. Occasionally something strikes me as interesting while not particularly earthshaking. Two things in this category stood out this morning.

This is the video version of a hot mike.

A special case of hot mic is the microphone gaffe, in which the microphone is actively collecting and transmitting sound gathered near a subject who is unaware that their remarks are being transmitted and recorded, allowing unintended listeners to hear cononversations not meant for public consumption. Such errors usually involve live broadcasting in radio or television, and sometimes material is recorded and played back via media outlets. Such events can cause embarrassment for the person or organization involved, sometimes resulting in serious confrontations and employment termination. Wikipedia

Pictured above is a New York State assistant attorney general who was shown as she talked to the lawyer next to her in the brief video the judge allowed prior to beginning the Letitia James Trump fraud trial. She appears to be laughing.

Everyone else in the room remained more or less motionless and had a serious expression on their face including James who was sitting a few rows back on an aisle seat with her ankles crossed and one hand holding her wrist on her lap, and Trump  in the front row on the defense side looking very serious.

I don't know who this attorney is. The Office of the NY State Attorney General has over 700 assistant attorney's general. I read that there were a dozen in the courtroom today. I assume that A.G. James picked the best of the best for this kind of case to front row the trial.

It may seem like a small thing but I wish she'd advised the attorneys who would be seen again and again when the judge allowed camera to maintain the utmost of seriousness in their demeanor.

I wouldn't be surprised if this lawyer whose name I expect won't be unknown for long (I tried to find her but couldn't) will be given a rather uncomfortable talking to once James see this video clip.

My hunch is that she didn't know she was on camera and when she sees it herself she'll be embarrassed.

I don't know what struck her as funny since for a time she looked very serious.

While we'll probably never know my hunch is that Letitia James will find out.

While on the subject of appearances on television, someone should tell Matt Gaetz that the pomade he uses on his hair looks terrible. For someone who loves to be in the spotlight he ouught to know that the spotlight makes him look like 

For someone who loves to be in the spotlight he ouught to know that the spotlight makes him look worse than the original greaser on a bad hair day:

Only in his dreams could Gaetz be as cool as The Fonz.