Judge, Trump’s attorney get into heated exchange over gag order — prosecution’s first witness returns to stand
by TheBlaze
TheBlaze— During the second day of trial this week, Donald Trump’s attorney and the judge had a somewhat heated exchange over the gag order placed against the former president, according to reports.Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecutors have accused Trump of violating acting Justice Juan Merchan’s gag order, which prohibits him from making public statements about anyone involved in the trial and their family members.On Tuesday, the trial began with a hearing on the alleged violations....
NBC News—What you missed on Day 6 of Trump’s trial: A witness details salacious stories and the judge bristles at gag order arguments. Testimony in Donald Trump’s historic hush money case resumed Tuesday, with prosecutors urging the court to hold the former president in contempt for attacking witnesses and others, and former tabloid impresario David Pecker returning to the stand with details that linked Trump’s circle to a slew of salacious stories. Earlier, as Trump awaited the hearing over the gag order in the case, his fundraising appeals took on a frantic tone. Deliberations stretched on for more than an hour, but the...
WTOP—Trump’s lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution’s first witness in hush money trial. After prosecutors’ lead witness painted a tawdry portrait of “catch and kill” tabloid schemes, defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are poised Friday to dig into an account of the former publisher of the National Enquirer and his efforts to protect Trump from negative stories during the 2016 election.
CNN—Why a defense attorney thinks Judge Merchan didn’t jail Trump over gag order. Judge Merchan ruled that Donald Trump violated a gag order nine times and ordered him to pay $9,000. Merchan also threatened to jail Trump if he didn’t comply with the gag order in the future. Criminal defense attorney Bill Brennan breaks down the decision.