Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the Vote, Future Majority and Wiretap Magazine, covering the Millennial Generation's perspective during the presidential elections. As a political writer, Burris has had bylines at CNN, Salon.com, BNR, and AlterNet and serves as a senior digital editor for RawStory.com.
When former President Donald Trump doubled down on accusations against the New York City civil court judge overseeing his $250 million-plus fraud case, MSNBC host Katy Tur opted to cut from the press conference.
"Okay," Tur sighed, "Donald Trump again sounding again like he normally does, calling this whole thing unfair and calling the judge all kinds of names."
"It's a lot of what we heard him say actually inside the courtroom and on the record," Hillyard noted. "Donald Trump gave longwinded, quasi-tangential responses to the New York Attorney General's questions."
Hillyard then made the observation that Trump's threats of a mistrial filisng were "significant."
"Donald Trump took on directly Judge Engoron, suggesting right here upon leaving the courtroom that a mistrial should be called," Hillyard said, "on the basis that the communications between the principle law clerk and judge were not right."
