Trump’s Legal Team Thinks Judge Will Impose GAG Order As He Gears Up For First Amendment Battle
donald trump‘s legal team is gearing up for a New York judge. issue a gag order to the former president DailyMail.com could reveal on Monday, the day before he was scheduled to be arrested in Manhattan.
An unusual move that could silence a presidential candidate is likely to infuriate Trump supporters as he prepares to fly out of his constituency. florida House.
“Trump’s legal team now believes a Manhattan judge will take the unprecedented step of silencing a presidential candidate with an unconstitutional gag order tomorrow.
“Trump’s legal team is considering adding First Amendment attorneys to its efforts to combat this and will fight it with all its might.”
Under New York law, breaking a silence order can result in a $1,000 fine and up to 30 days in prison.
Donald Trump has maintained business as usual and was seen playing golf here on Sunday. preparing to face
Manhattan Supreme Court Acting Judge Juan Merchan has been described as a ‘no-nonsense judge’ who wouldn’t hesitate to jail someone for violating the gag order
On Sunday morning, the Trump campaign announced that the former president would give a speech at his Mar-a-Lago home on Tuesday night after returning from New York.
It may now be questionable.
However, his Sunday schedule remained unchanged. He headed to his club for West Palm Beach Golf and was seen playing on the course with one of his lawyers, Lindsay Harrigan.
At the same time, it was revealed that his legal team would file a motion to dismiss the lawsuit against him immediately.
“We will indict. We will analyze it,” Trump’s attorney Joe Tacopina told CNN on Sunday morning.
“The team considers and challenges all potential problems we can challenge.
“And of course, we are very much looking forward to a motion to dismiss it, as there is no law to match this.”
Taken together, they mark the latest twist in the fast-moving narrative that exploded Thursday when it was revealed that a Manhattan jury had voted to indict the former president.
Trump followed his usual Sunday routine by visiting a golf course in West Palm Beach
He was in a golf cart on Sunday with lawyer Lindsay Harrigan
playing cards
He branded it a “witch hunt” by the Democrats, but if restrictions were put in place, it would be impossible to post something similar.
Joe Tacopina and Susan Necheles are veterans of New York’s Celebrity Trials circuit. But while Tacopina is known as a street fighter, Nekeles brings a more academic approach.
The charges remain sealed, but are believed to be related to paying $130,000 in hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in 2016.
Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for pursuing a case that was dropped by federal prosecutors.
And he ignited Manhattan’s acting too supreme court Judge Juan Merchan hearing the case and presumably preparing a gag order.
“The campaign is preparing for this scenario,” said a Trump campaign source.
That only adds to Trump’s anger at Marchan, who previously presided over last year’s tax evasion case in which the Trump Organization was convicted.
In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump said a judge tried to get his former CFO to make a plea bargain.
“The judge is ‘assigned’ to my witch-hunting case, a ‘case’ that has never been prosecuted, and hates me,” he wrote.
A grand jury is hearing evidence about allegations that Donald Trump paid adult movie star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to buy her silence about their affair.
Supporters have gathered near Trump’s home in Palm Beach, Fla., for days since he warned two weeks ago that he could be arrested.A grand jury indicted him on Thursday
Legal experts brought up the idea of a gag order late last week.
Duncan Levin, a former federal prosecutor at the Justice Department, said discussing the case outside of court meant being punished for criminal contempt.
Levin said insider“I think it’s not just a possibility, it’s very likely that it will be a gag order.
“Gag orders are very common in criminal cases, especially when such pretrial publicity is so extensive.”
Trump is preparing to fly to New York on a private jet on Monday.After arriving at LaGuardia Airport, he will spend the night at Trump Tower, according to the campaign.
Republicans have 51% of the vote, according to Trump campaign polls, well ahead of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for the party’s presidential nomination.
He leaves his apartment early the next morning to attend court in lower Manhattan, where he will hold a hearing later in the day.
He is expected to plead not guilty and plans to return to Florida as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, the indictment bolstered his poll numbers and led to an increase in campaign donations.
A poll by Trump’s campaign found that 51% of Republicans think Trump is their preferred candidate for 2024, with his biggest threat, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, winning 21%. is higher than
Trump’s team announced Saturday that it had raised more than $4 million (almost all from small donations) in the 24 hours since he was indicted.
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