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Posted on 04/02/2023 12:29:53 PM PDT by shadowlands1960
-Trump could be gagged by a Manhattan court on Monday ahead of hearing.
-His legal team is considering hiring a First Amendment lawyer, a source said.
-It comes as Trump prepares to fly to New York to be formally arraigned
Donald Trump's legal team is preparing for a New York judge to slap a gag order on the former president on Monday, DailyMail.com can reveal, a day before he is due to be arrested in Manhattan.
On Sunday morning, Trump's campaign announced that the former president would make a speech at his Mar-a-Lago home on Tuesday evening after returning from New York.
That could now be in doubt.
But it did not change his Sunday schedule. He headed to his West Palm Beach golf club where he could be seen playing the course accompanied by one of his lawyers, Lindsey Halligan.
At the same time it emerged that his legal team will lodge a motion to immediately dismiss the case against him.
'We will take the indictment. We will dissect it,' Trump's attorney Joe Tacopina told CNN on Sunday morning.
'The team will look at every, every potential issue that we will be able to challenge, and we will challenge.
'The Trump legal team is considering adding a First Amendment lawyer to the effort to combat this and will fight it all the way.'
Breaking the gag order could trigger a fine of $1000 and a prison sentence of as much as 30 days, under New York law.
The extraordinary move to potentially silence a candidate for president will likely enflame Trump's supporters as he prepares to fly out of his Florida home.
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I believe Trump should insist they jail him immediately, that he’s the leading presidential candidate and a political prisoner, and the world needs to see the threat to our democracy.
Gagging a former president is obcene.
Tell them he’d rather die in their gulag than lose Free Speech and political freedom.
I don’t think the secret service will even allow it, nor should the American people.
Any sensible judge would admonish the DA for these made up charges.
I’d tell em “ESAD”
“Come arrest me.”
Sure, gag the opposition during a campaign.
How convenient.
as he stands there with a bandanna across his mouth
Trump has only to appear for two minutes with a rag stuffed in his mouth and the message would be clear.
EXACTLY!!!!!!!
He should put a piece of tape on his face like the comic Tape Face then have someone else say the words or he could audio tape them himself prior to the arraignment then just let the audio run.
YES!!!
That pic pegs the gaydar for me.
Me too!!!
How bout A DUCT TAPE RALLY!!!
The whole crowd stands in silence.
OMG.
Why is Trump going to Manhattan? Is it masochism?
You have quite an imagination.
Trump should make a point to talk about it.
Let the judge put him in jail, and deal with the consequences.
It will only speed the collapse of the entire shit-show.
Great idea.
If they do a gag order then they need to take the mug shot and out tape over his mouth.
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I hope that the weaponized Secret Service assigned to President Trump will still be willing and able to protect him from potential New York leftist (Antifa, Trans, Deep State) assassins.
Exactly.
Charging a victim with attempted murder after defending themselves after being shot by the assailant and taking the gun away from the assailant to protect himself is a great place to start! I don’t know what part of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness this NYC DA fails to understand!
Then get out there and speak tonight…
I can never understand how gag orders — for any defendant — can be Constitutional.
Even if the defendant is making direct threats, they can be dealt with in a legal fashion with laws against such actions.
Whether a defendant wishes to comment or not should never be abolished or prevented. A defendant might hurt his case if he speaks, but that’s on him. If it helps his case, so be it. Juries can be sequestered if a judge is concerned about news or comments surrounding a proceeding.
Gag orders are vindictive, and in the case of a candidate, election tampering...
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