Maxine Waters dismisses 'angry and frustrated' Derek Chauvin judge after he condemned her for undermining murder trial by telling protesters to 'fight' and 'get more confrontational' if killer cop was cleared Judge Peter Cahill had said the Democrat representative's comments could be grounds for appealing the verdict but Waters said that those claims are 'not credible' 'I think he was angry. I think he may be frustrated with this case and how much world publicity is on it and all of that,' Waters said Waters, 82, told CNN that she spoke with 'legal scholars' who allegedly told her that Cahill's criticism was 'way off track'