Trump has been slapped with a gag order in the Manhattan hush/election interference case that will bar him from talking about anyone but the judge and prosecutor.
CNN reported:
A New York judge has imposed a gag order against Donald Trump, barring the former president from making statements about potential witnesses in his criminal trial over the cash payments scheduled to begin next month.
Judge Juan Merchan also said Trump could not make statements about lawyers, court personnel or family members of prosecutors or attorneys intending to interfere with the case. Trump is also barred from making statements about any potential or actual jurors.
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The former president, Merchan wrote, has a history of making “threatening, inflammatory and disparaging” statements against people at all levels of the justice system, including jurors.
Trump is also banned from talking about Stomy Daniels and Michael Cohen, which will drive him crazy, because they are two of his biggest triggers, especially Cohen.
Donald Trump is an expert at trying to taint juries, so gag orders against him, as he continues to survive in the national political discourse, should be a given.
The message sent by the judge is that the former president will not be allowed to turn the Manhattan criminal trial into a stage for his presidential campaign, or a circus to be used to raise money.
It’s a moment millions of Americans have been waiting for. Defendant Trump is about to stand trial for some of his alleged crimes.
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