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Trump tests limits of gag order with post insulting 2 likely witnesses in criminal trial
AP News ^ | April 11, 2024 | Jake Offenhartz

Posted on 04/11/2024 7:58:20 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

NEW YORK (AP) — Days after a New York judge expanded a gag order on Donald Trump to curtail “inflammatory” speech, the former president tested its limits by disparaging two key witnesses in his upcoming criminal hush money trial as liars.

In a post on his Truth Social platform Wednesday, Trump called his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and the adult film actor Stormy Daniels “two sleaze bags who have, with their lies and misrepresentations, cost our Country dearly!”

In an order first made in March, and then revised on April 1, Judge Juan Merchan barred Trump from making public statements about probable trial witnesses “concerning their potential participation in the investigation or in this criminal proceeding.”

Merchan’s order didn’t give specific examples of what types of statements about witnesses were banned. He noted the order was not intended to prevent the former president from responding to political attacks.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gagorder; juanmerchan; judgejuanmerchan; stormydaniels; trump
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Trump called his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and the adult film actor Stormy Daniels “two sleaze bags who have, with their lies and misrepresentations, cost our Country dearly!”

They might have a defamation lawsuit...except that what he said is true.

21 posted on 04/12/2024 5:46:30 AM PDT by AndyTheBear (Certified smarter than average for my species)
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To: ncalburt

Your Trump Derangement Syndrome is showing. That is just as bad as DeSantis Derangement Syndrome. We ALL need to knock off the intramural fighting and unite in fighting DemocRATS.


22 posted on 04/12/2024 5:48:41 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: ncalburt
Its Thuggish and only helps Dem Female turnout .

Thuggish? The word normally implies physical violence...and certainly can apply to Antifa and BLM and those burning down buildings and attacking innocent victims. By metaphorical extension it might apply to the absurd lawfare against Trump. But with all that thuggery going on against Trump and anybody who stands with him...to call Trump's behavior "thuggish" is absurd.

23 posted on 04/12/2024 5:52:39 AM PDT by AndyTheBear (Certified smarter than average for my species)
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To: ncalburt

Another “mean tweeter”. Don’t you realize President Trump is playing the game by their Saul Alinsky rules. Was Saul your mentor?


24 posted on 04/12/2024 6:25:27 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Reno89519

You don’t know how people turn out till after you work with them. Do you have everyone you worked with or befriended with you from say 20 years ago?
My mother used to say you don’t know people really, till after their claws come out.


25 posted on 04/12/2024 6:40:43 AM PDT by lula (1984)
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