I wish that he didn’t buckle. This is never the right strategy when dealing with Nazis or Communists like Merchan and Bragg.
Legally it is irrelevant. Promise of jail is forced compliance.
Buckle he did.
He may have removed them for other reasons entirely.
Sometimes it is. Randy Weaver should have buckled.
What do you do when they out-gun you? When they control the courts, police, military, and intelligence communities?
he will appeal and follow the legal process as opposed to JoeyBoy who mocks and abuses it.
His truths have no bearing on the actual case so really there was nothing to be gained by leaving them up. Everyone who cares already knows what Trump said. Probably they are more aware because of the contempt order.
Compliance here will speed up Trump’s ability to take back control once the defense case begins. Getting the prosecution’s case over with asap is a good strategy, even as you attack it. Give them as little time as possible.