Trump placed under limited gag order ahead of N.Y. hush money trial
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Source: Washington Post
NEW YORK The judge overseeing Donald Trumps upcoming hush money trial in Manhattan issued a limited gag order Tuesday barring the former president from discussing witnesses and other people involved in the case, a move that could curtail some of Trumps public comments as he campaigns for president.
Trumps history of prior extrajudicial statements establishes a sufficient risk to the administration of justice, wrote New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, who ruled on Monday that the trial would begin with jury selection on April 15.
Trump is charged with falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment during the 2016 election, which prosecutors say was aimed at keeping information about an alleged affair from the voting public.
It is not the first limited gag order that has been imposed on Trump in recent criminal and civil litigation. Trump, who is known for making false and aggressive claims about those he disagrees with, was barred from speaking about a New York judges court staff during a civil lawsuit trial last year. U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing Trumps criminal election interference case in Washington, has issued a gag order that protects witnesses and court staff.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/26/trump-gag-order-hush-money-trial/
underpants
(182,826 posts)No one tells HIM what to do.
nowforever
(302 posts)Lock that Orange Pig up!!!!!
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,293 posts)Ojerly
(15 posts)judge. He strikes me as one that won't deal with Donnie's shit, and will toss him in a cell for a few hours.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)TheRickles
(2,065 posts)Yonnie3
(17,444 posts)Please continue discussion at the earlier post https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143216192