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Trump says jail time to defend free speech a 'sacrifice' he's willing to make
Fox News ^ | May 6, 2024 5:20pm EDT | Emma Colton Fox News

Posted on 05/06/2024 3:01:37 PM PDT by conservative98

President Donald Trump said he'd make the "sacrifice" of going to jail to defend free speech amid the trial in Manhattan where the 45th president is under a gag order he has slammed as "unconstitutional."

"I have to watch every word I tell you people. You ask me a question, a simple question I'd like to give it, but I can't talk about it because this judge has given me a gag order and [says] you'll go to jail if you violate it," Trump said in remarks outside the courtroom Monday afternoon.

"And frankly, you know what? Our Constitution is much more important than jail. It's not even close. I'll do that sacrifice any day."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
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To: conservative98

Someone who knows how to do it needs to make sure that this judge is disbarred.


21 posted on 05/06/2024 3:37:18 PM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: conservative98

The Democrats are playing a very dangerous game. I am afraid they have lost control over the monsters they created. My guess is that these various legal charges were just suppose to keep him busy during the run up to the election, a guilty verdict just icing on the cake. But now a (biased) judge has cross the Rubicon. He has gone rogue and no longer following the script. I seriously think he believes he will be hailed as a “hero” (and perhaps in the bubble he lives in he might be) but I think he will be remembered more like Benedict Arnold then a George Washington.


22 posted on 05/06/2024 3:40:10 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: conservative98

Even a maroon like this judge HAS to know he’s being baited. Right? Right?


23 posted on 05/06/2024 3:44:14 PM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: rfp1234

Likely one day home confinement. To make a “point.”


24 posted on 05/06/2024 3:44:57 PM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: conservative98

I just wish he’d talk about domestic issues and world chaos instead of his personal legal issues. Lord knows there are plenty of issues that could actually use his commentary.


25 posted on 05/06/2024 3:55:36 PM PDT by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: silverleaf

>> I just wish he’d talk about domestic issues

Our corrupt, extraconstitutional legal system IS a domestic issue — a very important one. And President Trump is masterfully drawing attention to it!


26 posted on 05/06/2024 4:05:00 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: Olog-hai

Fraud investigations? Then why is he allowing this to go forward. And I would NEVER trust a man like that to make decisions for children.


28 posted on 05/06/2024 4:08:30 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore…)
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To: conservative98

“Your honor. Please jail me”

Your move


29 posted on 05/06/2024 4:09:31 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: conservative98

Was that the latest violation of the gag order? I’ve tried to find out all day just what set the judge off today. I thought it had to be something he wrote over the weekend as he seemed prepared early this morning to bring it up again!!


30 posted on 05/06/2024 4:09:52 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: 3RIVRS

“”Likely one day home confinement. To make a “point.”””

He could bar him from attending the trial!!! If he did that, Trump would show up just to get the judge’s goat!


31 posted on 05/06/2024 4:14:18 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: rfp1234

I’ve spent a night in jail no big deal.


32 posted on 05/06/2024 4:15:45 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: 3RIVRS

His show trial must stop during any period of “confinement”.


33 posted on 05/06/2024 4:16:59 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: Thank You Rush

>> He could bar him from attending the trial!!!

He has the right to be present during his trial. They can’t continue the trial if they confine him.


34 posted on 05/06/2024 4:20:13 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: DesertRhino
At that moment Trump was _in the process_ of being tried in the Senate for the first impeachment. Furthermore, at that exact moment, his AG Barr and the FBI had the Hunter laptop from hell and was hiding it.

Good attempt at trying to re-write history.
-Assange was indicted on May 23, 2019.
-The House adopted 2 articles of impeachment on December 18, 2019
The Senate received the articles of impeachment on January 16, 2020

Those are the facts. As a parting gift, you are this week’s winner of the Joseph Goebbels Award.

35 posted on 05/06/2024 4:20:44 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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To: Nervous Tick

So they don’t transport prisoners to court? Anyhow this would be a tragic move sure to stoke the more extreme on our side of the ball field. Either way Trump gets more and more popular.


36 posted on 05/06/2024 4:26:34 PM PDT by TermLimits4All ("If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.")
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To: conservative98

They are desperate to expand their narrative of Trump in the negative. They want to say “guilty of contempt of court!”, “criminal!”, “disrespects our legal system!”, etc..

Some of the more rabid leftist won’t be able to help themselves. On the other hand, the more sane ones know this is unconstitutional and would just be giving Trump EXACTLY what he wants. He could sue and win - then be able to claim he defeated anti-free-speech practices, and he’d be right.


37 posted on 05/06/2024 4:27:13 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Publius

Pure showmanship. It’s great.


38 posted on 05/06/2024 4:30:17 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: TermLimits4All

Good points!


39 posted on 05/06/2024 4:33:14 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: cnsmom

California jails give you a 3 leaf lettuce salad and a chicken pasta entree!

Illinois jails give you a Wendy’s single with OnYums!

I honestly did not know that OnYums were still available!

Woot! Woot!


40 posted on 05/06/2024 4:34:26 PM PDT by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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