President Trump’s campaign said a gag order from the New York judge handling his case would be a “tyrannical, Third World country move.”
Some legal scholars have speculated that Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan will place the former president — and leading 2024 GOP presidential candidate — under a gag order, forbidding him to speak of the charges.
“All Americans should be concerned about their rights being violated and any attempt to obstruct President Trump’s right to use his voice in order to speak truth to power should never be tolerated. The whole targeted crusade is a complete political farce by the Manhattan DA meant to manipulate and interfere with an election against President Trump and his supporters,” the spokesman said.
Early reporting suggests the former president will be indicted on fraud charges stemming from a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 to prevent her from accusing him of an affair years earlier. Mr. Trump has denied the affair. “Gag orders generally protect a defendant’s 6th Amendment right to a fair trial and defendants still have their First Amendment rights,” said Mike Davis, president of the Article III Project that advocates for a conservative judiciary. “A gag order against President Trump would clearly be unconstitutional and it’s un-American for a judge to gag a presidential candidate facing a bogus political prosecution.
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