It happens. I get it. But when the witness has taken “less than her normal dose of painkillers” to get through the deposition, there are ways around that problem other than asking a Federal judge to treat it as an emergency.
I don’t know if it is rule number one, but it is certainly top 5: Don’t piss off the Judge.
The link to the Bloomberg story is here
Judge to Trump Lawyer in Ex-Aide Deposition: ‘Stop Wasting Time’
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