On Monday, Obama-appointed Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a gag order prohibiting President Trump from attacking witnesses, prosecutors, and court staff.
During a campaign stop in Iowa, the 45th president told supporters that he would appeal the order. He repeated his stance to reporters on Tuesday while he was in New York.
President Trump:
"They put a gag order on me and I’m not supposed to be talking about things that bad people do. We will be appealing very quickly." pic.twitter.com/6HYTrOPOeC
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) October 16, 2023
President Trump criticized the gag order because he feels it is unconstitutional and it violates his First Amendment rights.
He blamed Biden and the DOJ for going after their political opponents through the court. His lawyer John Lauro said the speech issues in the case and his campaign are “inextricably intertwined.”
He also said he was willing to do whatever it takes to make America a democracy again, even if it means going to jail.
Trump— “What they don’t understand is that I am willing to go to JAIL if that’s what it takes…”
🔥🔥🔥🔥https://t.co/hyygTndvaJ pic.twitter.com/SKUc4NaC3h
— UltraMJTruth (@MJTruthUltra) October 16, 2023
True to his word, Trump filed an appeal of the gag order on Tuesday
From CNN.
“We’re being railroaded. And I have other trials where we’re being railroaded. You saw yesterday where they took away my right to speak. I won’t be able to speak like I’m speaking to you,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday moments before he entered a New York courtroom to attend his ongoing civil fraud trial.
“I am leading Joe Biden and I’m being restricted. My speech has been taken away from me. I’m a candidate that’s running for office and I’m not allowed to speak,” Trump said, referring to the partial gag order issued Monday by US District Judge Tanya Chutkan.
The notice of appeal was filed with Chutkan on Tuesday.
The gag order restricts Trump’s ability to publicly target court personnel, potential witnesses, or special counsel Jack Smith and his staff. The order does not impose restrictions on disparaging comments about Washington, DC – where the jury will take place – or certain comments about the Justice Department at large, both of which prosecutors requested.
“This is not about whether I like the language Mr. Trump uses,” Chutkan said in court Monday as she announced the order. “This is about language that presents a danger to the administration of justice.”
Even though Democrats have denied having a vendetta against Trump, they have been attacking him since he announced his first run for president.
It started with the Russia hoax and ended with two impeachment attempts.
The fact that they are still going after him now proves that they have been lying all along and they are actively trying to prevent him from running again.
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