Judge Says Gag Order On Trump Would Violate His ‘Important’ First Amendment Rights: Just Don’t ‘Incite Violence’

The judge presiding over 45th President and leading 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump’s case, Judge Juan Merchan, didn’t place a gag order on Trump, but told Trump’s defense team to not make “statements that are likely to incite violence and civil unrest.”

Judge Merchan refused to issue a gag order on Trump since he is a “candidate for President of the United States” and “his First Amendment rights are critically important,” according to the Daily Mail.

“The entire process lasted about an hour and the Manhattan District Attorney’s office went over a couple of issues that they say could be arising in the next couple of months. The first one of course is Trump’s rhetoric on social media,” according to Fox 5 reporter Morgan McKay, who was present in the courtroom during Trump’s arraignment.

“They said that he has posted a quote, death and destruction if he was to be charged. They said he even referred to World War III so they were asking that the judge consider placing a protective order asking that he walks some of those statements back and make sure that he doesn’t post such inflammatory comments,” she added.

The judge “did ask the defense and the prosecution to make sure that their witnesses know that they can’t have immense rhetoric on social media, on TV interviews, and so forth,” she continued,

“I’d encourage counsel for both sides to speak to your witnesses, defense counsel speak to your client and remind them to please refrain from making statements that are likely to incite violence and civil unrest,” the Daily Mail reported Judge Merchan said.

“Don’t engage in words or conduct which could jeopardize the rule of law as it applies to these proceedings in this courtroom,” the judge reportedly added.

On Tuesday, Trump was fingerprinted in New York, but did not have a mug shot taken. After the booking was complete, Trump appeared before Judge Merchan for his arraignment and faced 34 felony charges.

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Far-left and corrupt Manhattan prosecutors revealed their frivolous details concerning Trump’s 34 felony charges. They accused Trump of covering up sex scandals during the 2016 presidential campaign, falsifying business records in the first degree.

Assistant Manhattan district attorney Chris Connolly claimed in court that Trump falsifying business records undermined the integrity of the 2016 presidential election.

Far-left District Attorney Alvin Bragg could face up to five years in prison if he is responsible for leaking Trump’s frivolous indictment.

Leaking grand jury testimony is a Class E felony under New York state law and carries a prison sentence between one and five years.

“A Class E felony charge is considered more serious than a misdemeanor charge, and as such carries a potentially longer jail sentence. While a Class A misdemeanor in New York carries a sentence of up to 364 days, a Class E felony can result in a sentence of between one year and five years,” according to The Law Offices of Julie Rendelman.

Trump’s campaign announced on Sunday that after he flies back from New York to Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, Trump is set to deliver remarks about his experience from his Mar-A-Lago club.

Bragg, who has been exposed as being funded by a group supported by far-left billionaire George Soros, was able to get a Manhattan grand jury to vote to indict Trump last Thursday. The Color of Change PAC, the “nation’s largest online racial justice organization”, which was given $1 million in May 2021 from Soros, gave $1 million to Bragg but later pulled back half of their donation.

Also on Tuesday, April 4, Adult film “star” Stormy Daniels lost another case against Trump in the 9th Circuit Court where Trump was awarded $121,962 in her attorney fees.

On March 2022, Daniels was ordered to pay Trump $300,000 after losing a defamation case against him. However, on Thursday, a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict President Trump over a $130,000 payment to Daniels made by his former lawyer and now-convicted liar, Michael Cohen.

This makes Trump the first American president to ever face criminal charges.

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