Hot mic on Internet livestream catches US judge ridiculing attorney after hearing

In 2020, a defendant on a bond court livestream blurted out that he was a federal informant - and illegally recorded video of the incident spread online like wildfire. — Technology vector created by freepik - www.freepik.com

A Cook County judge this week was caught on a YouTube livestream mocking an attorney who had appeared before him for arguments earlier in the day.

“Can you imagine waking up next to her every day? Oh, my God,” Judge William Raines said of attorney Jennifer Bonjean. “... I couldn’t have a visual on that if you paid me.”