Posted on 05/24/2023 10:46:09 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
The New York judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s criminal case on Tuesday scheduled a trial date on March 25, 2024, just weeks after the Republican presidential primary’s “Super Tuesday,”
Trump appeared virtually before Judge Juan Merchan, seated beside his attorney, Todd Blanche.
During the hearing, Merchan reviewed the terms of a protective order prohibiting Trump from sharing any evidence the prosecutor exchanges with his attorneys on social media.
The protective order said evidence may not be shared or posted to “any news or social media platforms, including, but not limited, to Truth Social, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter, Snapchat, or YouTube, without prior approval from the Court.”
Trump said the judge “violated” his First Amendment rights by implementing the protective order. He also accused Merchan of engaging in “ELECTION INTERFERENCE,” by setting the trial in the middle of the Republican presidential primary.
Trump posted on Truth Social:
Just had New York County Supreme Court hearing where I believe my First Amendment Rights, “Freedom of Speech,” have been violated, and they forced upon us a trial date of March 25th, right in the middle of Primary season. Very unfair, but this is exactly what the Radical Left Democrats wanted. It’s called ELECTION INTERFERENCE, and nothing like this has ever happened in our Country before!!!
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Blanche expressed Trump’s concerns about the protective order during Tuesday’s court hearing.
“President Trump is running for president of the United States and is the leading contender,” Blanche told the judge. “He is very much concerned that his First Amendment rights are being violated.”
However, Merchan maintained that the protective order is not a gag order.
“It’s certainly not a gag order and it’s not my intention to impede Mr. Trump to campaign for president,” Merchan said. “He is free to defend himself against these charges. He is free to campaign. He’s free to do just about anything that does not violate the terms of this protective order.”
“He understands that he has to comply with the order, and if he doesn’t do so, he’s violating your order,” Blanche told the judge.
“It is certainly not my intention in any way to impede Mr. Trump’s ability to campaign for president of the United States,” Merchan said.
Federal election interference. Trumped up charges.
It’s all theater and part of the plan. Next.
The timing of the trial should be interesting, obviously it’s to hurt Trump’s chances.
What happens if they’re two other criminal indictments around the same time all designed to hurt his chances.
You can guarantee, this will develop into a major campaign issue in the primaries and the general election if he wins the nomination.
Because it’s a fake trial done for political purposes.
I won’t say this is General election interference
But it is general election interference.
5.56mm
And probably cause him to lose the general election by an even larger margin. I forgot to mention the civil judgment against him for his treatment of the woman.
All are bogus, but issues nonetheless.
Isn’t this what Trump requested? I recall from a few weeks ago that his legal team was requested a delayed and distant court date. They got what they wanted.
“it’s not my intention to impede Mr. Trump to campaign for president”
Can you say misinformation?
Can you also say: ‘lack of information’?
Evidence that might exonerate Trump (or that might convict him) is something the American voting public deserves to know about.
Letting the American know about evidence allows those who know more or better to step forward and expedite and improve the justice system.
The Columbia judge again....
Born in Bogota, Columbia. Democrat.
“I forgot to mention the civil judgment against him for his treatment of the woman.”
Trump (”Orange Crush” as E. Jean Carroll’s friend called him) might also try to have his lawyers try to have the verdict tossed out under NYC weight discrimination law as well as by other means.
Trump (a former President) is going to crush DeSantis (a mere Governor) in polling because of better familiarity.
Brands spend billions annually building name recognition (and resulting sales).
These charges are political.
It is a political trial.
Easy for GOP Elite to ignore.
They either don’t believe that the gubmint is engaging in political prosecutions or they are cool with it as seems to promote their Trump hating agenda.
Of course, what is the GOP Elite’s position on those political prisoners referred to as the J6ers?
If you believe that McConnell speaks for the GOP Elite as I do, then their position is clear.
Let the J6er’s rot in the gulags because Mitch was steamed when McCarthy released the little exculpatory video of the so-called “insurrection” that he did.
And the Uniparty leaders such as Gaetz and Boebert have made no mention of holding McCarthy to his word of releasing all 14k hours as Gaetz has publicly claimed that he had pledged to do, supposedly in exchange for the “present” votes which allowed him to become speaker.
Plans generally have a set schedule of events, deadlines and a measurable outcome. There is no plan, unless you are talking about the plan to raid Conservative homes at 4 AM, conduct surveillance on conservatives and groups, indicting conservatives with bogus charges, keeping conservative patriots imprisoned for protesting and making sure all leading conservatives are put in jail. THAT is the ONLY plan in operation.
That won’t be the last of the trials. They have a series of events planned, to stop The Donald. There will be other trials, bimbos screaming rape, and much more. They’re ready. All will be released on word from the powers behind the democrat party.
If necessary, they can ask China for their new virus and put in into the air system on a few planes and then start Lockdown to Fascism #2.
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