Opinion: Trump’s refusal to follow gag order could cost him
by CNN
CNN— Perhaps the most striking thing about Monday’s opening of former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial was the juxtaposition between the extraordinary and the humdrum, with the judge and jury going through all the usual motions that I have seen hundreds of times – but doing them with a former president in the dock for the first time ever. Tuesday morning, however, will be something I have never seen before in my three decades of criminal law practice. After court comes into session at 9:30...
TheBlaze—Judge, Trump’s attorney get into heated exchange over gag order — prosecution’s first witness returns to stand. 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....
CNN—George Conway on what struck him about Trump’s gag order hearing. Conservative lawyer George Conway joins CNN’s Erin Burnett to discuss former President Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial as well as Conway’s decision to make a donation to President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign.
CNN—CNN correspondent describes why she thinks Trump’s gag order hearing was a ‘disaster’. Judge Juan Merchan had a heated exchange with Donald Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche in a hearing about whether Trump’s social posts violated a gag order. CNN Chief Legal Affairs Correspondent Paula Reid reports.