27-03-2024, 14:29
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: Trump’s Troubles
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68670289
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A New York judge placed Donald Trump under a gag order ahead of his criminal hush money case that begins 15 April.
He is barred from making public statements about court staff, jurors, witnesses and lawyers in the district attorney's office - or their families.
The gag order does not apply to the district attorney.
The Trump campaign said the order, which is limited in some instances, violated his free speech rights.
In several instances, the order requires that the comments would have to be "made with the intent to materially interfere" with the case.
Justice Juan Merchan granted the limited gag order after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg requested it.
Earlier today, Mr Trump attacked Justice Merchan's daughter on his Truth Social account, and called the judge a "certified Trump hater"...
...In his order, Justice Merchan wrote that he had considered Mr Trump's constitutional free speech rights, but concluded that the former president's "extrajudicial statements went far beyond defending himself against 'attacks' by 'public figures'".
Instead, Justice Merchan said he had found Mr Trump's "statements were threatening, inflammatory, denigrating" and led to fear and increased security requirements for those targeted.
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