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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,192 posts) Mon Apr 1, 2024, 09:57 PM Apr 1

Trump May Have Screwed Himself Bigly in New York Hush-Money Trial

Donald Trump doesn’t seem to have much success at keeping his mouth shut. A gag order issued last week by Judge Juan Merchan in the former president’s hush-money trial couldn’t stop Trump from attacking the judge’s daughter on Truth Social, not once but at least twice.

Now Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg wants to make that gag order even stronger. In a court filing Monday, Bragg said that Trump’s “dangerous, violent, and reprehensible rhetoric fundamentally threatens the integrity of these proceedings.” He urged Merchan to reiterate that attacks on the family of court staff, as well that of the district attorney, are prohibited.

“There is no constitutional right to target the family of this Court, let alone on the blatant falsehoods that have served as the flimsiest pretexts” for Trump’s attacks, Bragg stated in the filing.

Trump’s initial gag order last week was only the latest in a stream of judicial reprimands on his speech. In October, Judge Arthur Engoron issued a gag order in Trump’s bank fraud trial after he attacked the judge’s principal law clerk in the case. Trump was later fined $15,000 for violating the order.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-may-screwed-himself-bigly-212841137.html

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Trump May Have Screwed Himself Bigly in New York Hush-Money Trial (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 1 OP

Judge Merchan's response was weak sauce. gab13by13 Apr 1 #1

Act like a criminal, get treated like a criminal. No one is above the law. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 1 #2

That's not what Merchan said. gab13by13 Apr 1 #3

When a judge actually steps up, grows a pair, and enforces the law with Trump, I'll believe it. lees1975 Apr 1 #4

I agree, I don't think he will ever see any time in the can. chicoescuela Apr 1 #6

If I were the prosecutor dickthegrouch Apr 1 #5

He wants to be made a martyr to his base. alfredo Apr 2 #7

gab13by13

(21,405 posts)

1. Judge Merchan's response was weak sauce.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2024, 10:00 PM

Apr 1

OAITW r.2.0

(24,610 posts)

2. Act like a criminal, get treated like a criminal. No one is above the law.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2024, 10:15 PM

Apr 1

Next infraction - jail for violation of court orders. I'm sure that this would be different accommodations than 99.9999% of the US population would get.

gab13by13

(21,405 posts)

3. That's not what Merchan said.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 1, 2024, 10:24 PM

Apr 1

He said contempt.

lees1975

(3,879 posts)

4. When a judge actually steps up, grows a pair, and enforces the law with Trump, I'll believe it.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2024, 10:40 PM

Apr 1

Until then, he's not screwed, he's still a major manipulator of justice and getting away with everything.

Action is proof, these are just more of the same words we've been hearing for a long time now.

chicoescuela

(1,028 posts)

6. I agree, I don't think he will ever see any time in the can.

Reply to lees1975 (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 1, 2024, 10:48 PM

Apr 1

Even if sentenced, the secret service would mandate another way out for tsf.

dickthegrouch

(3,184 posts)

5. If I were the prosecutor

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2024, 10:45 PM

Apr 1

I’d ask tfg to read his threats in court and then ask if the basis of them were true.
Catch 22. Jail either way.

alfredo

(60,075 posts)

7. He wants to be made a martyr to his base.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Apr 2, 2024, 12:37 AM

Apr 2

OK, there are other ways to punish him. He still has property. I’d love to see his golf courses made into low cost housing. That won’t happen but we can dream

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