Merchan’s gag order on Trump is not the first the former president has faced as he’s navigated several civil and criminal trials. In Trump’s New York civil fraud trial, the judge also imposed a gag order that blocked Trump from making public remarks about court staff. He faces a gag...
During the trial, Merchan held Trump in contempt of court, fined him $10,000 for violating the gag order and threatened to put him in jail if he did it again. In seeking to lift the gag order, Trump lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove argued ...
Donald Trump has lashed out at the New York judge who put him under a gag order in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial.
Smith’s bid to protect the proceedings in the face of menacing Trump statements calls to mind the gag order in the recently concluded New York trial. There, Judge Juan Merchan imposed the order and found Trump in contempt 10 times for violating it, with...
‘Mouths of Sauron’: Critics Blast ‘Mobster Tactic’ of Trump Surrogates ‘Violating’ Gag Order Published 8 hours ago on May 14, 2024 By David Badash In his remarks outside the courtroom Tuesday, Donald Trump demanded Judge Juan Merchan rescind ...