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Donald Trump 'broke gag order by passing notes to supporters'
Irish Star ^ | May 16, 2024 | Lucy Sarret & John O'sullivan

Posted on 05/16/2024 12:42:09 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

Legal experts believe Donald Trump could have flouted his court-imposed gag order by apparently manufacturing a scenario where his supporters communicated on his behalf. According to Newsweek, Trump has been penning notes for his political sympathizers to read outside the courthouse during his New York criminal trial, a move which could contravene the gag order.

The purpose of the order is to prevent Trump from talking about the jury or any witnesses in the hush money case. "Those notes are not privileged documents, and if their contents mirrored some of what Trump's GOP cronies said to the press, the notes could evidence violations of the Court's order," wrote New York lawyer David R. Lurie on X. Trump, eyeing up another run for the White House in 2024, is the first ex-US president to be the center of a criminal trial, reports the Express US. Trump is accused of 34 counts of falsifying business records with the prosecution claiming he paid Stormy Daniels, an ex-adult movie star, $130,000 to keep silent about a supposed affair before the 2016 election......

Ron Filipkowski, the chief at MeidasTouch.com, has claimed that Trump is blatantly flouting a gag order by using "surrogates" to communicate his stance. "We have been reporting for days now that Trump is providing daily talking points to surrogates who show up at the trial to violate the gag order for him. The order specifically prohibits him from doing this," he said.

Eric Lisann, an ex-federal prosecutor, also weighed in, stating, "Trump is not denying that he is directing others to speak in ways that are violations of the gag order - which is a violation of the gag order. The judge, Justice Merchan, can order Trump to show cause why he should not be held in contempt. "

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: davidlurie; davidrlurie; enemieslist; ericlisann; hushtrumptrial; judicialsedition; kangaroocourt; ronfilipkowski; tds; tdsbs; trump; trumpgagorder; trumppersecution; trumptrial
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Wow, that is far stretch to "gag" Trump from passing notes.
1 posted on 05/16/2024 12:42:09 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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The Trump-haters are Bidening their shorts.


2 posted on 05/16/2024 12:43:15 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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Just issue a sweeping ruling saying that Biden’s political opponent is not allowed to campaign or speak to other humans.


3 posted on 05/16/2024 12:44:24 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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He’s got the wetback cur Merchan painted into a corner... and the cur knows it.

I’ll bet President Trump is eager to have the cur raise hell about his unconstitutional gag order again at this stage in the trial.


4 posted on 05/16/2024 12:46:54 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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Communist lawyers are not real big on freedom of speech. The DNC definition of Democracy is their Party picks both candidates and you can vote for either.


5 posted on 05/16/2024 12:47:07 PM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races you do not like.)
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Shouldn’t their name be the Irish Red Star?


6 posted on 05/16/2024 12:48:17 PM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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The judge ordered the bailiff to confiscate the note and then Merchan read it aloud to the court to prove that Trump was violating the gag order.

It read: “Biden is a poopy pants, pass it along”.


7 posted on 05/16/2024 12:49:50 PM PDT by PTBAA
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“Ron Filipkowski, the chief at MeidasTouch.com”.....

That’s all you have to know.
Trump hater.

The man is sick.


8 posted on 05/16/2024 12:49:56 PM PDT by toldyou (Even if the voices aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas.)
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Breaking!

Trump caught reading a dictionary, with words, while looking at the judge and jury.

Then his supporters make speeches, using words from that same dictionary.


9 posted on 05/16/2024 12:50:21 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT.)
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Two progressive type Irish nationals who have no clue about US law disinforming their readers about the legal nature of public gag orders ordered by a trial judge. The blind leading the blind.


10 posted on 05/16/2024 12:50:32 PM PDT by chuckee
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Passing gas. Passing 🎶 notes.


11 posted on 05/16/2024 12:51:07 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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Is this really what they are contemplating now.

Reminds me of a song: Is that all there is.
https://youtu.be/LCRZZC-DH7M?feature=shared


12 posted on 05/16/2024 12:51:23 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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LOL maybe Trump sent out messages using morse code too


13 posted on 05/16/2024 12:51:46 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Why don’t they bind him up and wheel him in like they did in Silence of the Lambs?


14 posted on 05/16/2024 12:52:47 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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“if their contents mirrored some of what Trump’s GOP cronies said to the press, the notes could evidence violations of the Court’s order,”

Yeah, because if two republicans say the same thing, that is clearly a conspiracy. /s

Go ahead.... lock him up. See what happens. That gets into some very unpredictable zones in a country of 330 million.


15 posted on 05/16/2024 12:53:21 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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Trump is blatantly flouting a gag order by using “surrogates” to communicate his stance.

A cute way of suppressing free speech of ANYBODY who tries to use it making Trump the target it’s a bogus attempt of communism Xi winks.

Raps from Mao’s box happening


16 posted on 05/16/2024 12:55:41 PM PDT by Vaduz
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BS! It is not against the law to have US speaking on his behalf.


17 posted on 05/16/2024 12:59:03 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

they really hate trump with a passion and want him dead.

Trump needs to realize that he is going to have to do what he has to do to clean out deep state. No matter what it takes.


18 posted on 05/16/2024 12:59:14 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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“Experts”....meaning idiots.


19 posted on 05/16/2024 12:59:40 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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Trying to get away with gag of Trump and then gag of House Speaker Johnson and everyone else. How can they get away with that? They’re really pushing their boundaries now.


20 posted on 05/16/2024 1:01:09 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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