"Comments that are taken from a transcript have to be carefully considered. "
Very carefully considered. Not a comment on this case but in BC if you order a transcript the agency producing it offers the presiding judge the chance to "correct" it. When I learned this I was flabbergasted. The transcript should be exactly what a professional transcriber says was on the tape. It has to be a record of exactly what was said in the court and nobody in the court, including the judge, should able to influence that.