CNN played Cahill’s remarks from the trial where he criticized Waters: "I’ll give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trail being overturned. … "I wish elected officials would stop talking about this case, especially in a manner that is disrespectful to the rule of law, and to the judicial branch and our function. … "A congresswoman’s opinion really doesn’t matter a whole lot. "Anyway, so motion for mistrial is denied." Asked to respond to those comments, Waters claimed that the judge “walk[ed] it back.” “angry” and