Prosecutors have requested Choose Juan M. Merchan to wonderful Donald Trump $3,000 over three social media posts they are saying violated a gag order that bars Trump from commenting on witnesses.
The gag order, imposed March 26, bars the ex-president from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, courtroom workers and jurors. It was later expanded to bar him from speaking publicly about kin of the decide and of Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg, although Trump is free to talk about the officers themselves. Trump’s attorneys are combating the order in an appeals courtroom.
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Final week, Trump used his Fact Social platform to name two essential witnesses — his former lawyer Michael Cohen and the grownup movie actor Stormy Daniels — “two sleaze baggage who’ve, with their lies and misrepresentations, price our Nation dearly!”
Prosecutors additionally referred to as for Trump to be ordered to take down the “offending” posts.
“The defendant has demonstrated his willingness to flout the order. He’s attacked witnesses within the case,” stated Christopher Conroy, one of many trial prosecutors.
Certainly one of Trump’s attorneys, Todd Blanche, maintained that the three posts in query don’t violate the gag order. He stated Trump was simply responding to the witnesses’ personal public statements.