Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed a New York judge who placed him under a gag order that prevents him from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court officials or jurors. Future hush money criminal trial.
The former president posted on social media that the gag order was “illegal, un-American, and unconstitutional,” and that Judge Juan M. They are trying to unfairly deprive us of this.” By Democratic rivals.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee also criticized Marchan's daughter, a Democratic political consultant, for posting photos of Marchan on social media while in prison. An account believed to belong to Lauren Marchan on X, formerly known as Twitter, uses a photo illustration of an incarcerated Trump as its profile picture. Lauren Marchand's consulting firm had linked to that account in previous social media posts.
The gag order does not prohibit comments about Marchand or his family, nor does it prevent Trump from criticizing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Alvin Bragg is prosecuting him.
Messages seeking comment were left with Judge Marchan, Lauren Marchan, and the court's spokesperson. Bragg's office declined to comment on the gag order.
Trump's Truth Social post was his first response to the gag order issued by Marchand on Tuesday, a day after his trial was scheduled to begin on April 15th. Hours before the judge's ruling, Trump referred to Marchand in a post on Truth Social: He is a “very good looking guy” and a “true certified Trump hater.”
Marchand's order, in granting the prosecutor's request for what is considered a “narrowly tailored” gag order, states that Trump has made “threatening, inflammatory, and defamatory” statements against people involved in his case. He cited his career.
Although not subject to the gag order, Marchan cited various comments made by Trump about himself as examples of rhetoric. The restrictions mirror those imposed and largely upheld by a federal appeals court panel in President Trump's Washington, D.C., criminal election interference case.
Trump's lawyers are fighting the gag order, warning that it amounts to an unconstitutional and unlawful prior restraint on his free speech, a claim Trump reiterated in a post on Truth Social.
Marchand has long resisted the imposition of a gag order, acknowledging Trump's “special” position as a former president and current candidate and not wanting to trample on his ability to defend himself in public. Ta. But as the trial approached, he said he realized the obligation to ensure the integrity of the case outweighed First Amendment concerns. He said President Trump's comments caused fear and required additional security measures to protect targets and investigate threats.
“So let me be clear,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, “The judge’s daughter is allowed to post photos of her ‘dream’ of putting me in jail, and the Manhattan prosecutor is You can say whatever you want about me. Judges can violate our laws and our Constitution at any time, but they can also attack me, destroy my life, and vote in the 2024 presidential election in which I am in the lead. We are not allowed to talk about the lunatics who are trying to prevent us from winning.”
“Perhaps the reason the judge hates my daughter so much is that my daughter works to earn money to 'get the cards,' and by ruling against me so many times, he keeps my daughter on his side, It's because they're getting richer and richer,” Trump continued. “How can this be allowed?”
President Trump also called out President Joe Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and their “hack-and-thugs” “even though everyone knows I did nothing wrong.” Regardless, they are pursuing me throughout the country and relentlessly trying to persecute me.”
The gag order was imposed by President Trump on potential witnesses, including jurors in a hush-money trial and his lawyer-turned-nemesis Michael Cohen and porn star Stormy Daniels. Persons are prohibited from speaking publicly on their behalf or instructing others. It also prohibits statements intended to disrupt or harass court officials, the prosecution team, or their families.
If Trump violates the law, he could be held in contempt of court, fined, or even imprisoned.
Mr. Trump's hush money lawsuit alleges that payments to Mr. Cohen, who was then his personal attorney, were mistakenly recorded as legal fees on the company's books for work to cover up negative articles about Mr. Trump during the 2016 election campaign. The main focus is on the suspicions recorded. That included $130,000 that Cohen paid Daniels on Trump's behalf to keep her from going public with her claims that she had a sexual relationship with him years earlier.
Trump claims innocence In April last year, 34 cases of falsification of business records were discovered., is a felony punishable by up to four years in prison, although there is no guarantee that a conviction will result in a prison sentence. He has denied having sex with Daniels, and Cohen's lawyers said the payments to Cohen were legitimate legal fees and not part of a cover-up.
