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re: CAPITOL Riot ~The World & Trial of Enrique Tarrio -Jan 6 Leader
Judge Issues Gag Order For TRUMP in Jan. 6 Case
TRUMP has made disparaging remarks about numerous individuals, including prosecutors and witnesses.
BBC 16 OCT 2023
Former President Donald TRUMPS legal team was present at the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., Monday morning for a hearing over whether Trump would be faced with a gag order in the federal case relating to the efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump, however, will not be able to make statements about special counsel Jack Smith or witnesses, saying his campaign does not give him the privilege of conducting a smear campaign.
Included among the targets of Trump’s invective have been the prosecutors (who he called “a team of thugs”), his former attorney general Bill Barr (referred to as a “gutless pig”) and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley (suggested he might deserve to be executed).
Trump attorney John Lauro made the case Monday that supporters of the former president threatening or committing violence wasn’t enough to curtail his client’s free speech rights, saying, “Are we going to tell Americans that they can’t speak because some crazed person might do something inappropriate? That would end the First Amendment as we know it.” Lauro also called it “an order of censorship.”
Lauro also returned to an argument he has made often, suggesting the trial could be delayed until after the election. Chutkan has floated the possibility of moving up the start date of the trial —currently set to begin on March 4 — in order to avoid a tainted jury pool.
Why it matters: If Trump violates the gag order, Chutkan said she would consider “sanctions,” which could range from issuing warnings to the possibility of jailing him.
With Trump set to be making numerous campaign appearances in the coming months and his frequent posting to social media, a gag order violation seems certain
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