Former Watergate prosecutor weighs in on recent Trump gag order: ‘This is so unusual’

The Hill ^ | 03/27/2024 | FILIP TIMOTIJA

[ChicagoConservative27]

I have never heard of this Watergate loser

[TexasFreeper2009]

what is actually so unusual is that these judges with obvious conflicts of interest are not stepping aside.

[citizen]

They found his name on an old-school Rolodex.

[Sacajaweau]

The title gives a whole different idea as to what this guy said. This is an anti-Trump blog.

[citizen]

what is actually so unusual is that these judges with obvious conflicts of interest are not stepping aside.

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Does that not make all these prrceedings ripe for appeal?

[Magnum44]

The money quote:

Trump slammed Merchan on Wednesday for imposing the gag order, calling it “illegal, un-American, unConstitutional.”

“This Judge, by issuing a vicious ‘Gag Order,’ is wrongfully attempting to deprive me of my First Amendment Right to speak out against the Weaponization of Law Enforcement,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, “including the fact that Crooked Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, and their Hacks and Thugs are tracking and following me all across the Country, obsessively trying to persecute me, while everyone knows I have done nothing wrong!”

[traderrob6]

He’s so full of sh!t, defendants commonly berate their accusers... DA’s judges etc., it happens all the time.

Lying POS.

[Mark]

Giving Conservatives more tools to use in the future.

[Fido969]

So Trump's prosecutors can say publicly he'll be “run over by a train,” laugh at the amount of fines imposed, and run for office promising to selectively prosecute Trump, but Trump can't talk about the case.

[FlingWingFlyer]

This whole far-left LYNCHING of a former President by America’s Official HATE MONGERS is unusual. Every one of the slimeballs need their commie asses thrown in prison without their cellphone security blankets.

[Georgia Girl 2]

“Harms way” ?

Has that guy seen Trump’s security team? He ain’t going to jail.

[ConservativeMind]

I can’t wait to have 0bama and the Clintons thrown in prison.

[Verginius Rufus]

Trump's comments could put him in "harm's way" in the sense of making the judge more inclined to rule against him and more eager that he be found guilty...but maybe the judge is already at the maximum in both areas.

This is the 34-felony case for something that normally isn't prosecuted. It all started with Trump being blackmailed by a porn actress who knew that she could make up a totally bogus accusation without any evidence and enough people would believe it that it would hurt Trump in the election.

[sport]

You will be waiting until long, long after Hell freezes over then. I wish it would but it is not going to happen.

[Verginius Rufus]

Never heard of Nick Akerman before. Is he related to Amos T. Akerman, Attorney General under President Grant?

[GOPJ]

...what is actually so unusual is that these judges with obvious conflicts of interest are not stepping aside.

I suspect a lot of our corrupt liberal 'judges' got their jobs based on updated democrat KKK 'values'... in our time that means jobs based on Kolor, Kink and/or Kin... (who's your daddy).

Our courts don't had out justice they hand out favors to democrats, perverts and criminals.. and to Republican they hand out exorbitant fines and jail sentences if they can get away with it.

[Luke21]

“Giving Conservatives more tools to use in the future.”

Which they won’t use because “muh optics.”