Trump lawyers and prosecutors at odds over lifting gag order before sentencing

[Hume]

As Donald Trump fights for Judge Juan Merchan to lift a gag order barring him from speaking publicly about key figures in his New York trial, prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office are urging the judge to keep the order in place.

“The court has an obligation to protect the integrity of these proceedings and the fair administration of justice at least through the sentencing hearing and the resolution of any post-trial motions,” wrote the prosecutors in a letter on Wednesday.

Trump lawyers and prosecutors at odds over lifting gag order before sentencing

Attorneys say restrictions on referring to participants in trial inhibits ex-president’s first amendment rights

www.theguardian.com

 

[Nordberg]

If Trump finds out the names of the jurors, he will likely blab it at a rally or on Trump UnSocial.Trump does not care who gets
hurt. That is what he calls winning. Yes, I am tired of his kind of winning.

 

[Hume]

If Trump finds out the names of the jurors, he will likely blab it at a rally or on Trump UnSocial.Trump does not care who gets
hurt. That is what he calls winning. Yes, I am tired of his kind of winning.

Good point. Trump is a fascist who would encourage his followers to commit violence.

 

[Concart]

The gag order should not be lifted. Trump has proven that he will do everything he can to incite violence, it should not be made easier for him to do so.

 

[Hume]

The gag order should not be lifted. Trump has proven that he will do everything he can to incite violence, it should not be made easier for him to do so.

Agree. Not over yet.

 

[Crepitus]

As Donald Trump fights for Judge Juan Merchan to lift a gag order barring him from speaking publicly about key figures in his New York trial, prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office are urging the judge to keep the order in place.

“The court has an obligation to protect the integrity of these proceedings and the fair administration of justice at least through the sentencing hearing and the resolution of any post-trial motions,” wrote the prosecutors in a letter on Wednesday.

Trump lawyers and prosecutors at odds over lifting gag order before sentencing

Attorneys say restrictions on referring to participants in trial inhibits ex-president’s first amendment rights

www.theguardian.com

The prosecutors are correct. The order needs to stay until sentencing, and he needs to be made to understand that libel and encouraging violence will land him back in court in short order.

 

[Hume]

The prosecutors are correct. The order needs to stay until sentencing, and he needs to be made to understand that libel and encouraging violence will land him back in court in short order.

Each violation should get you a lashing.

 

[Crepitus]

Each violation should get you a lashing.

Unlikely in this day and age but damn I would like to see it.