Posted on 03/26/2024 1:29:22 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A New York judge issued a gag order Tuesday barring Donald Trump from making public statements about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial.
Judge Juan M. Merchan cited the former president’s prior comments about him and others in the case, as well as a looming April 15 trial date, in granting a prosecution request for what it termed a “narrowly tailored” order barring Trump from making certain out-of-court statements.
“It is without question that the imminency of the risk of harm is now paramount,” Merchan wrote.
Prosecutors had asked for the gag order, citing what they called Trump’s “long history of making public and inflammatory remarks” about people involved in his legal cases. …
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What’s a “First Amendment?” says the judge.
We are not a nation of laws.
We are a nation of childish, greedy, cowardly, arrogant Democrat lawyers.
I wish we Americans could issue “gag orders” for all the Feral “judge” morons. Especially the Feral jackasses from Hawaii.
This judge needs a visit in the night.
What?
Gag him!
JUAN Mershan!!! Do we NOT HAVE ANY AMERICAN BORN JUDGES IN OUR SYSTEM>>
Born in Bogotá, Colombia. (Couldn’t be Bogota NJ at least, could it.)
The judge is protecting his daughter. I’m sure everyone here would do the same. Trumps been bashing the judge for weeks. Only after he brought the judges daughter into it did the judge have enough. No reason to bring family into squabbles.
“DJT stock tanked into the close after this news.”
“Tanked”? LOL
Opened at ~$60, went up to mid-70s, closed at ~$60.
Big whoop, troll.
Btw, not a troll. I have held since the original DWAC listing ($15.25), and added Friday, so I am bullish.
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