Trump Goes OFF After Judge Reinstates Gag Order Election Subversion Case: ‘NOT CONSTITUTIONAL!’
A federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial for charges relating to subverting the 2020 election has reinstated a gag order on the former president.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered a temporary hold on the gag order, but on Sunday evening the court’s online docket revealed it is now back in place.
Trump has been charged by special counsel Jack Smith for allegedly attempting to overturn the presidential election. He also faces three other criminal indictments in New York, Florida, and Georgia. If convicted, Trump could spend the rest of his life in prison.
On social media, specifically Truth Social, Trump has levied attacks on prosecutors and various court officials as well as key witnesses in the federal criminal cases levied against him. Moreover, the Republican frontrunner has criticized
Per Politico:
The judge, a Washington, D.C.-based appointee of former President Barack Obama, contended that Trump’s repeated inflammatory attacks on prosecutors, court officials and witnesses had threatened to undermine the case and put people at risk.
But Chutkan agreed to pause her order temporarily amid initial pushback from Trump and his attorney, John Lauro, who argued the order was vaguely worded, unmanageable and unjustified.
Chutkan’s order is separate from one issued by a judge in New York handling a state-court civil case aimed at his business empire. Trump has been twice fined by the judge there, for a total of $15,000, for violating a directive to cease public statements about the judge’s clerk and other court staff.
Following the ruling, Trump issued a publicly response on his Truth Social account, claiming, “The Corrupt Biden Administration just took away my First Amendment Right To Free Speech. NOT CONSTITUTIONAL! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN…”
Trump continued:
I have just learned that the very Biased, Trump Hating Judge in D.C., who should have RECUSED herself due to her blatant and open loathing of your favorite President, ME, has reimposed a GAG ORDER which will put me at a disadvantage against my prosecutorial and political opponents. This order, according to many legal scholars, is unthinkable! It illegally and unconstitutionally takes away my First Amendment Right of Free Speech, in the middle of my campaign for President, where I am leading against BOTH Parties in the Polls. Few can believe this is happening, but I will appeal. How can they tell the leading candidate that he, and only he, is seriously restricted from campaigning in a free and open manner? It will not stand!
Trump then appeared to suggest retribution if he gets reelected:
Why didn’t Crooked Joe Biden tell his Injustice Department to file the lawsuits and Indictments against me 3 years ago, instead of right in the middle of my campaign for President? You’re setting a BAD precedent for yourself, Joe. The same can happen to you. These Third World Biden Indictments, which should never have been filed, would have been tried and over with years ago. My SleazeBag Opponent shouldn’t be able to do this during my campaign, OR BEFORE THE ELECTION!
