Former President Donald Trump on Friday issued an “unconstitutional” gag order against New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Marchan, preventing him from “telling the truth” about judges, witnesses and political opponents — “the real scum.” He continued to criticize the government for invoking it. He called the latter that.
Before entering the courtroom on the fourth day of his criminal trial in Manhattan, President Trump told reporters that he cited 32 “very true” stories from legal experts who said there was no case against him and that He decried the political nature of criminal trials.
“They can say whatever they want,” Trump said of his political opponents. “They can keep making up lies and everything else. They lie. They’re real scum. But you know, I’m not allowed to talk.”
“So why am I being gagged for telling the truth?” Trump asked. “I’m just telling the truth. They’re not telling the truth. The judge must lift this gag order. It’s so unfair that my constitutional rights are taken away. is.”
Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Trump with 34 felonies for falsifying documents to cover up an alleged sex scandal. The trial is the first-ever criminal trial against a U.S. president. If Trump is convicted, he could face prison time.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (Seth Wenig/Associated Press)
An AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found Tuesday that only about one-third of American adults believe President Trump acted illegally in the incident.
Trump continued: “This is a case that was pushed very hard for political reasons.” “Today, instead of being in Pennsylvania or Georgia or North Carolina or a number of other places, I sit in court all day. It’s unfair.”
new york times Journalist Maggie Haberman, who was in the courtroom Thursday, acknowledged that most of the potential jurors lean politically to the left, appearing to back up President Trump’s claims that the Manhattan trial was unfair. . In high-profile trials, judges and lawyers carefully evaluate “stealth jurors” — individuals they hope will be chosen to take on the case to help decide the case.
“The jurors we have to worry about are the kind of ‘Trojan horse jurors’ who hide biases that don’t show up on social media, or who engage in formal charges like the one that was just removed today.” ” Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley. Said Fox News Thursday.
Friday marks the fourth day of the jury selection process, which could end early next week.
A total of 12 jurors and one alternate have been selected in the case by Thursday. Five more substitutes will be needed, bringing the total to 18.
The case is new york vs trump, New York County Supreme Court No. 71543-23.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former Republican war room analyst.he is the author of politics of slave morality.Follow Wendell “X” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
