Recusal motion against judge, trial against Emmanuel and four co-defendants halted

Attorney Jairo Bloem is seen entering the courthouse in this file photo. ~After question about civil servants files~ PHILIPSBURG--“It is now appropriate for you to put down your pen,” attorney Jairo Bloem of SBA Advocaten told the judge on Wednesday at five minutes past two in the afternoon, after the court sought to continue the hearing. Moments earlier, Bloem had handed the judge and the two prosecutors a document. “This is the substantiation of my request for recusal. I will not elaborate on it orally; the document you have before you speaks for itself.”