Former President Donald Trump slams the “unconstitutional” gag order imposed during the Manhattan trial, while holding President Biden responsible for the trial and the anti-Israel protests taking place on college campuses across the country. I pressed it.
“We have a gag order in place, which is completely unconstitutional for me. I’m not allowed to talk, but people are allowed to talk about me,” Trump said outside court. . So they can talk about me.” “They can say whatever they want, they can lie, but I’m not allowed to say anything. All you can do is stare,” he said.
“I don’t think anyone has ever seen anything like this. I want to talk to you all. I want to say everything that’s on my mind, but I’m restricted because of the gag order,” he said. continued. .
Trump returned to court on Tuesday, when Chief Judge Juan Melchán held a hearing on prosecutors’ request to hold him in contempt for allegedly violating the gag order. Marchan placed Trump under a gag order before the trial began, ordering him to refrain from commenting on the possible participation of witnesses and the prosecution team, and directing others to do so. The gag order allows President Trump to speak publicly about District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
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Former President Donald Trump (center) awaits the start of proceedings in Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday, April 22, 2024, in New York. Opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial are scheduled to begin. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, pool)
During the hearing, prosecutors presented 10 instances in which President Trump allegedly violated the gag order with social media posts. The prosecutor’s office has argued that fines of $1,000 each should be paid in a small number of cases.
Trump’s lawyers countered that the post in question was an example of the 45th president responding to an attack.
Marchand has not yet issued a decision on whether Trump should be held in contempt. He warned Trump’s lawyers that they had “lost all credibility” during the hearing.
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“I asked him eight or nine times to show me the exact post he was responding to, and he never did,” Marchand told Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche.
A courtroom sketch depicts former President Donald Trump’s appearance in Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday, April 19, 2024, in New York. Trump’s criminal trial is in its fourth day of jury selection. (Kristin Cornell)
“What I have to tell you now is that you have lost all confidence in the court,” Marchand added.
President Joe Biden speaks at the Abbotts Creek Community Center during an event promoting economic policy on January 18, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
President Trump continued his comments after the day’s court session ended, blaming the trial itself as well as anti-Israel protests raging on some of the nation’s most elite college campuses as “Biden’s fault.” Stated.
“It’s Biden’s fault,” he said of the school protests. “By the way, this trial is all about Biden.”
Trump continued, referring to Biden, saying, “I can’t impose two sentences again, but he’s campaigning.” “He’s campaigning. And I’m sitting here in court…sitting as straight as I can all day long, because, you know? This is a very unfair situation.”
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Former President Donald Trump, along with his attorney Tod Blanche, appear during Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan state court in 2016 for falsifying business records to hide money paid to hush porn star Stormy Daniels.・Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo makes his opening statement during the hearing before Judge Marchan. This courtroom sketch on April 22, 2024 in New York City, USA. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
Trump has been charged with 34 counts of first-degree falsification of business records. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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The lawsuit alleges that Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen paid former porn actor Stormy Daniels 130,000 yen to silence her claims that she had an affair with Trump in the early 2000s. The focus is on what was allegedly paid in dollars. President Trump has denied any relationship with Daniels.
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Prosecutors allege that the Trump Organization reimbursed Cohen and fraudulently recorded the payments as legal costs.
