Posted on 05/07/2024 8:48:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump is now daring the judge in his Manhattan trial to throw him in jail for violating his gag order.
Leaving court on Monday in week four of his trial, Trump told the gaggle of reporters staged near the courtroom how deeply unfair, outrageous, and unconstitutional the gag order is.
I have to watch every word I tell you people. You ask me a question and I can't talk about it because this judge has given me a gag order and said you'll go to jail if I violate it.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.
On Monday, as Matt reports nearby, Judge Merchan ruled that Trump had violated yet again the unconstitutional gag order put on him at the behest of prosecutors and gaveled into existence by the judge. He was fined $1,000, but Merchan lamented that he couldn't hurt Trump more for violating his order because the $10,000 fine so far had not dissuaded Trump from speaking.
I find you in criminal contempt for the 10th time. Going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sentence. The last thing I want to do is put you in jail.
Trump's violation this time was commenting on the political makeup of the Manhattan jury pool, which he claimed was 95% Democrats. For Trump's allusion to a "jury," Merchan threatened for the second time to lock up the former president of the United States of America on bookkeeping charges. Misdemeanors.
After court, Trump said he would be willing to go to jail to make a point about the constitutional right to free speech.
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Rephrasing Rorschach from The Watchmen. Beautiful.
Trump is a free man trapped in a democrat controlled body, called a court.
I think if Trump actually went to jail all the inmates might start chanting USA..USA. After all, the criminals have already been released.
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