Trump’s getting gagged again!
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s upcoming hush money trial in Manhattan issued a limited gag order Tuesday barring the former president from discussing witnesses and other people involved in the case, a move that could curtail some of Trump’s public comments as he campaigns for president.
It happens so often you could be forgiven for thinking he likes it.
It is not the first limited gag order that has been imposed on Trump in recent criminal and civil litigation. Trump, who is known for making false and aggressive claims about those he disagrees with, was barred from speaking about a New York judge’s court staff during a lawsuit trial last year. U.S. District Court Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, who is overseeing Trump’s criminal election interference case in Washington, has issued a gag order that protects witnesses and court staff.
And that’s just one of his many faults.
Merchan’s order says Trump is not allowed to speak about prosecutors working on the hush money case under Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, or their family members, although he is permitted to target Bragg himself in social media posts or campaign speeches. Trump is also prohibited from speaking about members of Merchan’s staff and their families — though there does not appear to be any prohibition on speech about the judge or his relatives.
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Merchan’s order also aims to protect jurors or prospective jurors, who will be summoned to the courthouse at the start of the trial. Trump is barred from “making or directing others to make public statements about any prospective juror or any juror in this criminal proceeding,” the order said.
Apologies to all the kinksters here on DKos!