No gag order imposed in Trump case | The Hill
By: Julia Mueller and Zach Schonfeld (The Hill)
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Former President Trump and his legal team won't be barred from publicly discussing the case in which he was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
After much speculation about whether a gag order would be imposed on parties in the case, one was not requested during the Tuesday arraignment — and the judge presiding over the case said he wouldn't have granted one if it had.
Legal observers had wondered ahead of the high-profile trial whether Judge Juan Merchan would impose the uncommon order, which would have blocked Trump and his team from talking publicly about the trial at the risk of potentially being found in contempt of court.
The former president has been vocal about the case on his social media, bashing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) and criticizing the case as a politically motivated "witch hunt" against him.
Trump has also knocked Merchan, referring to him in recent posts on his Truth Social platform as a "Trump Hating Judge," and saying that he "hates me."
During the Tuesday afternoon arraignment, Merchan warned Trump and his team — as well as the opposing counsel — not to make social media posts that could incite violence.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts.
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So despite it all there is no gag order.
Let the liberal freak out begin.
Not yet at least. Because of that Trump has outed the judge's family.
Doesn't change the fact there is no gag order.
Yeah, the left never would do that.
Disregard all of the leaks from Bragg's team; or Bragg himself.
Funny how the judge that oversaw the civil suit against Trump's businesses and sentenced Allen Weisselberg just happened to win the leftist lottery and get assigned this one.
What are the chances of that happening?/S
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It is all just one big happy coincidence for Bragg and Democrats./Sx2
Not yet.