Criminal trial by jury can only be waived by consent. There is no other avenue. The judge is running an administrative tribunal and trial by jury at the same time. They will need to take the matter to a higher court for Judicial review/appeal, Habeus Corpus... which I think they have already done?
They certainly should already be demanding a different venue with the opening statements. Every time the lawyer or defendant gets to speak they should be questioning the jurisdiction of this court.

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