Judge rules Trump violated gag order AGAIN

A judge ruled Monday that Donald Trump again violated his gag order in the New York hush money trial, and he warned that he would consider jailing the former president if the violations continue. After the ruling, witness testimony resumed, with the prosecution calling retired Trump Organization comptroller Jeffrey McConney.
Last week, former longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks testified about campaign and White House efforts to keep a lid on scandalous stories about him. Before that, Trump’s defense suggested that he was the target of a shakedown attempt when his lawyer paid hush money to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election.

[@EaglesQuestions]

"I'll jail you! One... twoooo... two-and-a-half... two-and-three-quarters... ... ... ...two-and-a-half..."

[@bowler7922]

😂

[@tdrg_]

Lmao you made my day

[@yonatanschlussel]

Lmao 🤣

[@adams3560]

Anyone else would have been jailed ages ago if they had violated their gag order this many times.

[@georgieippolito9924]

Citizen arrest? We had it!

[@fafalo1923]

Whatever happens in the case, dont forget that he expensed the bulletin board

[@hucool323]

He HAS to use it!

[@washingtonpostuniverse]

it's all we ask.

[@cheesus9512]

I'm here for the bulletin board saga. News be damned.

[@Takerfan4ever303]

Omg 🤣 I need to know the origin of this

[@udpsocket]

​@@Takerfan4ever303 the first time they made a video with the bulletin board he said "I have to use the bulletin board, I expensed it" or something similar

[@edwinfrerichs8674]

He's had 10 chances, that's 9 more than the normal person gets.

[@syborp8380]

Well said!!

[@miscellaneousproductions]

Normal criminal defendants don’t have gag orders.

[@kano8]

Normal criminal defendants wouldn't be going to trail for this stuff, claiming it's a felony when it's truly only a misdemeanor.

[@adams3560]

@@kano8 It’s a felony in this case due to the other circumstances.

[@mattoshields7637]

He wants to go to jail, he would win 40 states that way

[@PpP-dr1od]

The real reason the judge is cracking down is that Trump is getting close to filling up his Contempt of Court punch card. 2 more citations, and Trump gets a free snow cone.

[@speakingwithoutnet]

OK, that got a chuckle from me. Good work.

[@incubusdx9309]

I thought it was a free shirt?

[@theboxygenie]

​@@incubusdx9309 I read your comment as "free shit"

[@MachineEarth]

The real reason Trump is being tried at all is because he is running for president.

[@Onthefritz69]

I want a snow cone 🥺

[@lemonlite_]

guy living in manhattan complaining when the jury of his peers is representative of the local area

[@Snuffalaffagas]

Trump doesnt live in Manhattan...

[@jackiebiskan4748]

I don't want to be involved in politics but legitimately No place on Earth is 95% one party unless it's a dictatorship where they only allow one party

[@AgentParrotalt]

@@Snuffalaffagas pretty sure he has residence status in one of trump towers penthouses, but I could be wrong Edit: his primary residence is Mar a lago but he does own a penthouse in nyc, so I guess it counts as residence?

[@trygveskogsholm5963]

@@jackiebiskan4748 Well that's why they filter the jury, to increase the ideological purity.

[@itsROMPERS...]

Trump has a huge residence in Trump Tower. It may not be his current legal residence, but he lived there for decades, so to say Manhattan is somehow foreign to him is ridiculous.

[@Talisguy]

Unless the gag order is literal and someone takes away his phone, this will just keep happening unless he's actually punished for it.

[@EaglesQuestions]

Whatdoyamean? They fined him some pocket change just today!

[@DangItdoyourresearch]

They should just send him to a federal prison he's corrupt af😂😂

[@happyducky9872]

​@@Northernheros you're the type of peraon to argue that yelling "fire" should be legal, as it is exercising freedom of speech.

[@LordErebusBloodmoon]

​@@Northernherosdo you not know what a gag order is?

[@blakeetter280]

Problem is he’s disputing the gag order as unconstitutional and he has a solid argument. So as it stands nobody’s trying to hard because they may not be able to enforce it. However if they punish him his lawyers will fight it and they’ll probably win which would screw over the judge and anyone associated with placing the gag order.

[@lyamainu]

Not that it matters. They keep threatening, but they never do anything.

[@AhintofChan]

I actually wouldn't be suprised to see him end up in jail. It's unprecedented for a president to fight so many cases in court so we don't really have an instance where a former president went to jail, but that's because they all cut deals and often got pardons from the next president. Trump won't get a pardon, and he seems to be not taking any plea deals. Aka he might actually end up in prison

[@thegamingeagle4737]

Legally, there is a set amount of violations to every crime before being incarcerated. So, if he keeps doing it, he is going to go behind bars.

[@Lewis-ec5sn]

@@thegamingeagle4737 No he wont, they'll bend rules to accomdate his disruptions. What do you think half the country is going to do when their pick for the prestidential election this year gets put in jail? Just like how the political left threw a fit in the summer of love, the political right is going to have a tantrum and start burning things down just like the political left does all the time.

[@spencerlively3049]

​@@thegamingeagle4737 What? No. The vast majority of crimes only require one violation to be charged and convicted... and laws vary wildly state-by-state... What are you talking about?

[@QuesoCookies]

@@Northernheros Violating court orders is contempt. It doesn't matter whether it is a criminal or civil, because even civil contempt is punishable by up to 30 days jail time. He's up to 300 days at this point, by my count.

[@Battletoasta]

When the board appears you know it's gonna be a fire short.

[@alejogomez3496]

But I think we can all agree that the most important part... Is the bulletin board, he expensed it after all

[@gormauslander]

I don't get it

[@avrahamscher1356]

This trial months before a national election is CLEARLY a witch-hunt

[@jhonyark2308]

He had his employer (Washington post) pay for the board, so it’s a running gag that he has to prove that he’s reeaaaallyyyy using that board as much as possible in order to prove he isn’t wasting the company’s money. It’s a satire on how some companies can get with expensing out stuff

[@Iban-Underground]

Getting the most outta that board! Gotta do one with red string at some point.

[@elbaekk]

Also if he has to expense the red string himself? That will ruin him!

[@AxoltotlRockstar]

I can't believe I was hyped the board was used again

[@Jonny-tn1pe]

He expensed it so he has to use it

[@DebTheDevastator]

When that board came up, I was like, he has to use it, he expensed it, and that now lives rent-free in my brain

[@ebonyalexis32]

I want that board on a t shirt

[@superiorslush5147]

It’s always a relief seeing the bulletin board come out , considering he expenses it and all

[@GodBlessTheATF]

Proof that money keeps you above the law.

[@muffiniepuffs6365]

Yeah, no dip. Hillary had her charges dropped because "she didn't intend to break the law." Name me 2 others who can get away with what she did. Oh, Hunter and Joe Biden both Nancy Pelosi Paul Pelosi was driving drunk, caused a car crash, and the cops dropped him off at home from the scene of the crime. Goodness, I could go on and on and on. Shame, you'll still support them anyway.

[@alexthewrecker4666]

​@@natalievu4399gag orders are indeed constitutional. The 1st amendment doesn't mean you get to do whatever you want

[@derevianne1108]

​@@natalievu4399bro thinks law is illegal

[@GabrielF39]

Biden certainly proved that

[@adams3560]

@@GabrielF39Biden has committed no crime.

[@thearchergravity]

The double standard in our justice system is insane. Any normal person who did this would be in prison no questions asked.

[@ryanmuro]

any democrat wouldn’t have ever been taken to trial 😂. You really think Trump is getting special treatment

[@briandavis6898]

Any other person? It would never have give to trial

[@GabrielF39]

​@@ryanmuroThey literally threw out the case for Hillary's email scandal with the reasoning being "she didn't destroy her servers in an intentionally criminal way.

[@adams3560]

@@GabrielF39She didn’t destroy any servers though. You might want to check the facts.

[@GabrielF39]

​@@adams3560Is that what the washington post told you?

[@That_TS_STEM_Nerd_13]

11/12 is 91 2/3 % and 95% would be 11 1/2 jurors being democratic. This may be close to the makeup of downtown NYC being so urban.

[@adamdaniel8909]

Me trying to be logical but failed...

[@ohcrap2222]

Yeah it's the make up of New York City, Trump talked less specifics than CNN did.

[@BOYSWILLBEBOYS2010]

That’s great except as an American citizen you are entitled to a Jury of your peers. They are absolutely not his peers.

[@mroostache]

@@BOYSWILLBEBOYS2010Trump’s primary residence is New York, so his peers would be citizens of New York.

[@G1NZOU]

@@BOYSWILLBEBOYS2010 So the Jury should be made up of billionaires like Musk and Bezos? Or former Presidents?

[@mongolianfishingvillages1371]

America is the most polarised it’s ever been excluding the civil war.

[@Snuffalaffagas]

I would argue including the civil war, War is just far deadlier and easier to wage now so its not the go to tactic due to the way information travels. The Union army commited HORRIBLE atrocities during the civil war knowing full well that it would likely end the conflict before news of it spread to larger population centers and garnered sympathy for the Confederate forces

[@MarvelousButter]

@@Snuffalaffagas bro you a confederate sympathizer ?

[@Snuffalaffagas]

@@MarvelousButter Thats a wild takaway from "the union army knowingly commited war crimes".... That is historical fact, the union army committed war crimes, willingly, under the strategic assessment that before the public at large found out about them torturing innocent civilains to death, the war would have ended. Looks like they were right because people like you STILL give them a pass for it These were not confederate soldiers, these were not confederate financiers, they were innocent home steaders who owned no slaves and had no part in conflict of the nation at large

[@Tha_Trigga]

Perhaps you will need to add the entire time after Reconstruction ya know, Jim crow, segregation, separate but equal, citizens being beaten for trying to vote??

[@dolphin550]

What about the 1960s? Civil Rights? The KKK? The Divisive opinions on the Vietnam War? The rise of the New Left and the Far Right? Growing age gap in society and politics The Counterculture Movement and the rise of the Hippies? The Jim Crow South's existence? I mean, the 2020s are bad, but I would still argue that the 1960s were more divisive.

[@tdrg_]

If anyone was wondering, he expensed that bulletin board, he has to use it

[@I-should-have-let-Trotsky-stay]

?

[@Lanajune1620]

This case is a joke!

[@UnrelatedAntonym]

This case is a joke because they won't actually hold Trump in contempt after 10 times. He has gotten 9 times extra more than anyone else gets.

[@papito8273]

Coming from the people that say they put facts above feelings, while litterarly ALL they do is deny everything that doesn't conform with their feelings. Really sad

[@steel5315]

Where is the Bulliten Board he exp... Oh there it is!!

[@eddavis9704]

He will be the only prisoner with a Secret Service security detail with him for the entire time 😂.

[@liloreoinya]

They won't jail him. 😂 He wants them to. 😂

[@SpraqNetworkR1J]

If only these people spent this much effort at charging everyone else that actually did things to make American lives harder.

[@hockeymikey]

What a joke of a court case and a waste of the tax payer's money.

[@be6715]

I agree. Just lock him up already.

[@hockeymikey]

@@be6715 nah, cringe take

[@saltyyankee5149]

the crying testimony was how he kept his wife from seeing the newspaper articles on the blackmailing case. That's the reason the perjuring lawyer did this behind Trump's back.. Stormy pays up her $600k she owes Trump in the case she lost against him, that's 600 'Truths' he can give to personally bail NYC out of their crazy problems..

[@clownshoes6518]

Spot on man glad we agree, why isn't he locked up already? Get it over with.

[@hockeymikey]

@@clownshoes6518 nah

[@rn-4718]

What kind of loopy land is America?

[@AltruisticWarrior]

The one thing I liked about Trump, he could hardly keep secrets. His inability to STFU must be frustrating for his attorneys.

[@Zaprozhan]

We now know the USA doesn't have any UFOs under wraps in Area 51. Trump would've blabbed.

[@DryCactusComedy]

​@@Zaprozhaneven funnier, he would've blabbed about the walls the aliens built. Then we'd know just how valid they were. (Entirely fake)

[@realsrvbhtngr]

He might be crazy but bro doesn't lie He's definitely not your average politician 😂😂😂😂

[@leonardotheredacted7447]

All for a misdemeanor that is past the statue of limitations and was thrown out of court years ago that's now supposed to be a felony because reasons.

[@ialsoagree1634]

What statute of limitations was thrown out to allow this case? When was fraud a misdemeanor?

[@speakingwithoutnet]

@@ialsoagree1634 It's an internal memo that was apparently altered. That's a misdemeanour in New York State, which would result in a fine. And since it's typically a misdemeanour, it would be past the statute of limitations. The only reason this is being called a felony, is because Bragg is saying the misdemeanour was to hide an actual felony. This felony is for a federal law, not state law. And this was actually investigated by the FEC. They decided that no election crime had been committed. Bragg is disagreeing with the FEC, and claiming he knows better than the actual investigators whose job it is to investigate election fraud. And just so things are clear, in 2022, the FEC found that Hillary Clinton had broken the law in a minor way with the Steele Dossier. They fined her 160,000 dollars. Trumps 'hush money', could have been considered something along those lines by the FEC. So a fairly large fine, pay and call it a day. There wouldn't be any jail time or even a big fuss about it.

[@ialsoagree1634]

@@speakingwithoutnet In NY, it's a felony if you use it to hide another crime. So this is a felony case. You don't have to like it, but those are the facts.

[@speakingwithoutnet]

@@ialsoagree1634 What crime occurred? The FEC investigated the alleged crime, which was their job, not Braggs, and said everything was fine. Essentially Braggs has declared himself the sole arbitrator for a federal law, and has declared Trump guilty without a trial, so he can charge Trump with a felony.

[@ialsoagree1634]

@@speakingwithoutnet Yes, Braggs declared that there was no crime, and Michael Cohen was subsequently convicted of the crime of nothing, and was sent to jail for no reason. Definitely sounds like something that happened in reality, and not something MAGAts made up.

[@matthewpollock9685]

I was afraid the bulletin board was gonna sit this one out. Glad you used it, you did expense it after all.

[@BenjaminZadina-vg4qh]

I am so fused on what a bulletin is and what expensing it involves? Why is he expensing it?

[@shiniblackrose]

Talk about a Banana Republic, just trying to sent his goons at people that don't bend over backwards for him 😂

[@soulslvr9562]

Gotta love how there's a three strikes rule unless you're rich.... In that case you get over ten

[@exnihiloadnihilum5094]

More that the gag order is so broad it won't hold up to any appellate scrutiny and jailing him would force a challenge. The judge wants the show but doesn't want his hand slapped.

[@Edward-cb5fc]

♾ strikes (but he would probably still use them all up)

[@soulslvr9562]

@exnihiloadnihilum5094 gag orders are supposed to be that way as to prevent someone from talking about the trial AT ALL as to keep the process unbiased and the jury unthreatened. Which Trump has tried to threaten the jury multiple times

[@exnihiloadnihilum5094]

@@soulslvr9562 That is not the purpose of gag orders and such orders have never been upheld to challenge. Just because the judge says that's the purpose does not give it any legal weight. First Amendment applies still. The jury in this trial are ordered to not view social media or any other media related to the trial under law. If they become biased from something Trump posted or said, it is because they violated a court order to not engage with any form of public media related to the trial. In short, his speech should not impact the jury in any way as they are forbidden from accessing any avenue where Trump's speech can occur.

[@soulslvr9562]

@exnihiloadnihilum5094 the fact that you're refusing to take the word of a person with a legal degree about legal things tells me alot about you and your opinion about the legal system.

[@slapdemjohns]

These trials are dogshit anyways 🤡

[@papito8273]

Is that what fox news tells you to think?

[@thekingofgaming7497]

lmfao and this is the goofy ah campaign finance case, georgia gonna be craaaazy

[@9Hatman]

Trump: "oh nooooo a fine"

[@AlexC-ou4ju]

i mean the guy's clearly got money issues considering hw hard he's fight is myriad other cases.

[@localmenace3043]

So wait a minute. This is his TENTH TIME violating it and they haven’t jailed him yet??? What the hell is happening?! If a normal person did it, they wouldn’t even GET to ten!

[@Avariel]

A gag order that broad is likely unconstitutional, and the judge accepted that a few of the offenses were brought on by the witnesses badmouthing him on social media.

[@TessHKM]

​@@Avariel how old is the judge, five? That's kindergarten logic.

[@kano8]

​@@TessHKMthe witnesses where doing it on national news, making it political wishing for Trump to be in jail. And you're saying that Trump should be in jail for speaking up against that?

[@exnihiloadnihilum5094]

​@@TessHKMNo, that's how the law works. If witnesses slander you publicly you can defend yourself in the public eye. A court cannot order you to be silent while others attack you. That is not the purpose of gag orders.

[@BigFootTheRealOne]

Normal people don't usually get charged felonies for something everyone does. Misdemeanor at most usually a fine. This is the same district attorney that lets murderers go out on free bail

[@mypropmp4057]

It’s the expensed board!!! 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥

[@davesloan2392]

How is this case even in court? Not a federal crime. Let's have a fair election and let him campaign. We don't care about how he paid his lawyer 8 years ago

[@juliusdauksys2183]

You realize that pretending this is election interference is stupid

[@edwinfrerichs8674]

yeah, it's not a federal crime, it's a state crime. People of New York vs Trump, that's state.

[@CD3MC]

Because it's a private case? And the whole point is nobody is above the law. It would be an unfair election if the election received any consideration in the handling of the case.

[@tdogtexan3445]

​@CD3MC lmao. biden bragged about not giving a billion dollars in loans to Ukraine unless they fired the prosecutor who just so happened to be investigating bidens son. the fbi told Facebook and Twitter and other social media sites to take down info on hunders laptop until the election was over and they did, you are right. No one, as long as they are a republican, is above the law.

[@progressivepogona8855]

So we shouldn't charge politicians who are running for elections?

[@AgentParrotalt]

As a non American, American politics are fucking hilarious Edit: Christ I caused a hell of a debate in the comments

[@CReaper210]

As a American, American politics are fucking depressing.

[@AgentParrotalt]

@@CReaper210 eh i would guess. You got fucking seniors running for President and senate

[@MarvelousButter]

As an American, American politics terrify me, because I'm living it

[@cheesecakeisgross4645]

@@CReaper210 Tell me about it. Imagine living amongst these leftists.

[@archerhosford2620]

​@@cheesecakeisgross4645Imagine being so delusional you think America is leftist 😂😂😂

[@hey_thatsmyname]

I cant believe he hasnt gotten his motormouth impulsivity under control and hes in his fucking 70s. I guess that what happens when youre rewarded for it your whole life.

[@Talisguy]

He honestly might have undiagnosed ADHD. Or possibly diagnosed, but never admitted to because he never, ever wants to look in any way weak and he doesn't have a positive view of disabled people. He's noted to have had a lifelong poor attention span interspersed with occasional moments of intense fixation on a topic. His brain has two modes - can't hold focus to save his life, and absolute laser focus to the exclusion of everything else.

[@hey_thatsmyname]

@@Talisguy yeah, that would make perfect sense then. And I think he was super into amphetamines in the 80s, so that would have helped any executive dysfunction he had.

[@AhintofChan]

He's still into amphetamines, you don't go from taking 40 of them a day to nothing. That is basically meth at that point

[@hey_thatsmyname]

@@AhintofChan right, but the 80s use is allegedly when he stopped having complete control over his bowel movements, which is why I cited that specifically. The start of the problems.

[@DatBoi-hz8fd]

So it’s legal and fair to accuse someone of a crime publicly and prevent them from publicly defending themselves. For the political party that thinks courts are unfairly stacked against them this is basically an advertisement

[@dreamwolf7302]

He violated the Gag order that was placed on him, and frankly, its one of the things i think he was in right for. He talked about the evidence, which is circumstantial, and if Biden was told not to talk about weak evidence that was being used against him, no one would side against him for talking about it. Hes pointing that evidence that would be tossed out in most other cases, is being allowed to be used in his case, while evidence his lawyers have put forward that is not circumstantial, is being blocked. If they are going to put the guy through the court system, he has the same goddam rights as every other American to a FAIR trial.

[@blueyandicy]

"The same rights as every American" except he doesn't?? Literally some of what he's saying that would normally be barred for a normal person he's being allowed to say due to him running for president. Objectively, that's not a right the vast majority of Americans have. Get your head out of your arse.

[@dreamwolf7302]

@@blueyandicy They are literally putting a gag order that violates the 1st amendment. When a gag order was placed on the BLM protestors who took part in BURNING DOWN A FAMILY HOME, you lot flipped your lids.

[@TheTruWilStUFree]

People see through this kangaroo court - Trump has no hope of getting a fair trial from those fascists.

[@dypfulcjvjv]

The fact that he's not already in jail for violating his gag order is ridiculous he's clearly being given massive favoritism

[@matthewjohnson9746]

The fact that he’s not already in jail, when anybody else with a security clearance would be, is the real crime.

[@calebcollins5887]

@@dypfulcjvjvnot if the fav order isn’t enforceable due to it actually being unconstitutional.

[@dypfulcjvjv]

@@calebcollins5887 except it isn't unconstitutional so your point kind of falls apart

[@immoloiser6134]

Which one put a nazi slogan in their campaign again?

[@cliff7201]

Judge: "I'm imposing an unconstitutional gag order on you." Trump: [exercises his constitutionally protected right to free speech] Judge: "I'm fining you and threatening to jail you for exercising your constitutionally protected right of free speech." That's a better summation of what's happening than what this guy is saying in this video. The judge imposed an unconstitutional gag order, and then expanded it to members of his own family because he didn't like Trump talking about their political background. Everything Trump has said is protected under the first amendment, and the judge has no right to limit Trump's ability to defend himself in the court of public opinion.

[@abe-_-]

how is it unconstitutional

[@cliff7201]

@@abe-_- The Supreme Court has ruled on this issue before. Gag orders are only Constitutional when they are used as a means to prevent potential witness tampering or attempting to unduly influence jurors through public media campaigns. Judges can limit certain speech about the trial to the extent that it is necessary to prevent the aforementioned witness tampering and influence to jurors. The problem with the judge's gag order in this case is that it is overly broad and extends beyond any reasonable preservation of due process. The judge has expanded the gag order, for example, to prevent Trump from speaking about members of the Judge's family, court clerks, and recently ordered Trump to stop calling him a "corrupt judge". None of those things are in the interest of preserving due process and are blatant abuse of power by the judge to prevent Trump from saying things he just doesn't like. Regarding the speech that was subject to the fine, Trump was found in violation for commenting on the composition of the jury, but the media has commented on this same exact thing, numerous times. The judge has not applied any gag order to the media (which he could do) nor found them in contempt for literally the exact same speech. Meaning that such a gag order on Trump could not reasonably be construed as in the interest of preserving due process if such restraint is not extended to the media as well. The only one that's not allowed to talk is Trump. Further making his selective gag order unconstitutional.

[@theflerffyburr7919]

@@cliff7201 Keep in mind that what they don't want Trump saying is the truth, such as how many of the people involved in the decision of the trial are openly anti-trump or have financial/political motives to push for a guilty sentence. Trump asks for fairness and they call it threats and tampering.

[@craigore2011]

@@cliff7201 They're treating him like he's Al Capone, and not the former POTUS.

[@jtspgs1986]

esactly

[@jonlundberg2466]

Its absolutely hilarious people think its ok to put a gag order on anyone. People love their police state though 😅

[@KingZNIN]

He's literally threatening people. You may as well say it was the mob boses right to tell his mob to off the jury

[@GabrielF39]

​@@KingZNINPack if up, get out of the comments section. You're embarrassing.

[@Sure_You_Betcha]

Lol its absolutely okay... this legal precedent is OLD.

[@Sure_You_Betcha]

​@KingZNIN lol thats a stretch... That being said, it's not unconstitutional or wrong...

[@KingZNIN]

@Sure_You_Betcha it most certainly is a problem. Especially when you guys threatened epstien victims because trump was mentioned as a potential.... abuser. Pictures of their family members were sent to them. Some of just behind them with threats of taking their lives. Pictures of their homes, threats to their friends, and so much more. You defend that, and attack others just because you can't get the names, addresses, etc of the jury? Are you insane

[@joshthielbar1]

So he violated his unconstitutional gag order? #1 how on earth could he get an impartial jury? #2 The least they could do is say all parties are to have a gag order instead of only the defense. #3 what is illegal about paying someone to keep quiet about personal affairs?

[@TenaciousToucan]

No, gag orders are not unconstitutional. They have been part of the court system for decades now. The Boston Bomber faced trail in Boston. New York City being mostly Democrat doesn't mean they can't find an impartial jury. Gag orders are heavily scrutinized to avoid first amendment violations. Of those in this trial Trump is has by far the biggest and longest track record of endangering court proceedings. That's why Trump has been singled out for a gag order. It's not. That's why Trump is being charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records which he did in order to hide the fact that he paid Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about his affair.

[@speakingwithoutnet]

Especially when the FEC, which is in charge of elections and are the experts on Federal election laws, investigated it and said everything was kosher.

[@MunchKING]

I thought the *really* illegal part of it was using election campaign funding to do so.

[@kyleschulze4557]

well the issue isn't even that. Trump and his team have said that they had no knowledge of what the expenses were on the invoices from Cohen. They just paid them. Which is a common practice, since most people wouldn't question every bit of time a lawyer was working on a case. Though funny thing is that Cohen admitted to stealing from Trump on many occasions by over charging him. so why would it be any different for him not knowing that his lawyer took a loan out on his own home to secretly pay Stormy Daniels.

[@InariOni]

Its not that its illegal to pay someone to be quiet. Its that Cohen took campaign money to pay the porn star and charged it to trump as legal fees when it should have been announced as campaign expenses. And since Trump had all the invoices, ledgers, etc marked as legal and not campaign expenses, they are saying trump has 34 counts of false business records. Its just really sus they arnt charging him with a federal campaign finance charge since the court doc claims these false business records was to commit another crime but there is no crime. (That is if I understood this whole mess correctly.)

[@SuperJohn12354]

Also the judges daughter is a contract worker and her job is to get politicians elected, she is currently working for the Democrat party and trump being convicted would benefit her financially

[@guyman1570]

Is that what Fox News tell you to think? 😂

[@DonMan81]

It's a witch 🧙‍♀️ trial! 😂

[@guyman1570]

Is that what Fox News tell you to think? 😂

[@DonMan81]

@guyman1570 I don't watch Fox. They're just as bad as every other mainstream media outlet. They're all propaganda pushers.

[@Asterion_Mol0c]

Who the hell watches fox news​@@guyman1570

[@iplaywhatiwant3738]

Every day he's not in jail is just proof that rich people run the show.

[@beefsupreme4671]

An unconstitutional gag order about a crime that is not even a crime

[@matthewjohnson9746]

The Supreme Court has ruled that properly filed gag orders are constitutional. Unless you think you know more about the constitution than the people who have dedicated their lives to studying the constitution, I think you should sit with this one out bud.

[@beefsupreme4671]

@@matthewjohnson9746 the idea that you think that means that all gag orders are legal proves you know nothing. Please don’t make this argument again. People will laugh at you.

[@GabrielF39]

​@@beefsupreme4671If these bozos cared about being laughed at they wouldn't be Biden supporters in the 1st place.

[@beefsupreme4671]

@@GabrielF39 very true.

[@matthewjohnson9746]

@@beefsupreme4671 A gag order against a party in the trial who has repeatedly shown he gives zero fucks about witness and jury intimidation is about as constitutional as a gag order gets lmao. But it's hilarious that Biden lives rent free in your head.

[@justrenthx]

I laughed way too hard at holding up 10 fingers and dropping the gavel omg 😂

[@dougg2012]

Good luck finding a neutral jury for the most polarizing politician the world has ever seen

[@jglackey2]

There are 12 people on a jury. Even if 11 out of the 12 jurors are democrats, it would only be 91.7% democrats

[@DryCactusComedy]

Trump couldn't even operate a school. I don't think math is a strong suit of his

[@adams3560]

@@DryCactusComedy True, even his university turned out to be a scam.

[@Waywind420]

Stacking a jury with a heavy majority of democratic voters is pretty concerning though if true. Specifically for a high profile republican who if walks free will damage the democrats cause significantly should he be re-elected.

[@pocketmarcy6990]

@@Waywind420I mean he’ll also majorly damage both the country and the world (not that the court should be stacked against him)

[@Waywind420]

@@pocketmarcy6990 Thats a rabbit hole i'm unwilling to go down with you. The point is if it's true about the jury being stacked with certain ideological values then the process is flawed. That is unless it's by sheer coincidence a jury should form almost exclusively democrat (possible but unlikely). Pretty concerning stuff, but I dunno if it's true I haven't researched the jury at all.

[@corey552]

Its amazing the amount of people that dont see the issue with the gag order. The reason they dont punish him is because the gag order itself is absurd.

[@alvarorubiodomech8327]

How dare him criticize how a jury member celebrated Biden's victory but pinky promise to be neutral

[@dirpyturtle69]

@@alvarorubiodomech8327another jury member admitted to supporting Donald trump and disliking Biden. With a person this well known your not going to get a bipartisan jury, best you can hope for is an even split which is what we have. It doesn’t matter if the jury member likes him, you can’t talk about the jury members because it puts them in danger.

[@feathered_turtle]

how dare he be punished for endangering the lives of civilians 😡😡

[@alvarorubiodomech8327]

@@dirpyturtle69 Still Trump should be allowed to criticize this, is probably protected under the first amendment

[@MauriceOfInfiniteAtrocities]

@@alvarorubiodomech8327 it’s impossible to find an unbiased jury, what they’re looking for is a jury that can put aside their personal feelings and bias and look at the facts. Anyone is capable of that, they just need people who will do it.

[@UncomfortableGinger]

I was about to question where’s the cork board at

[@erwinlanser]

Oh just lock him up 😂

[@cheesecakeisgross4645]

This isn't South America.

[@alexthewrecker4666]

​@@cheesecakeisgross4645a regular citizen would have been arrested after the first violation. Also south America's dictator problem was caused by US companies wanting more money

[@GabrielF39]

​@@alexthewrecker4666yeah your right if he was average joe republican he would already be in jail the only reason he's not is cuz he's got support if he was a Democrat the case wouldn't even have come up

[@ayo0331]

Who Hillary? 👍

[@melissacoupal585]

​@@alexthewrecker4666You mean the same US companies that fund the establishment politicians...?

[@pacmanrespector9552]

"You better stop talking about how we're screwing you or else we're going to put you in jail and take all your money and assets, the thing we're trying to do to you anyway"

[@juliusdauksys2183]

Dude, why lie?

[@MatthewBrown-ub2mb]

​@@juliusdauksys2183 no lie detected.

[@Niceler]

@@juliusdauksys2183 It’s not really a lie at all actually. The worst part about this is that gag orders are essentially unconstitutional when done in this way, and the reason the court hasn’t had a ruling is because of how the court has decided to handle this. His gag orders pertain to “everything” in his life, which you can’t do. You can ask for a gag to be placed until your image is threatened, which they tried, and then CNN same day blasted him so it got canceled. To explain how this works like a gorilla here you go. - Can’t talk about case Mr.Trump unless someone is talking about you in the case - CNN blasts that SAME DAY - Gag is therefore canceled because someone spoke publicly about the involvement of Trumps case and he has a right to defend himself - CNN mad he didn’t get punished for talking back - Rational people mad at CNN and MSNBC for running smear campaigns which allow him to circumvent the entire gag order - Court finds him in contempt, but no charges against Trump due to CNN and MSNBC kicking an anthill - Court angry because now they can’t use Contempt of court, but trumps lawyers can use that as evidence the court is trying to silence him and deny his rights as an American - TLDR Trump got out of a gag order because the news could not wait three days. This made the court angry, and now they can’t punish trump for revealing case information.

[@dennispingel5607]

When the intelligence agencies put out stories about you do you really think you can get a fair trial?

[@an0idiot0of0use]

So how long before the bulletin board has paid for itself?

[@othx9625]

I WAS WAITING FOR THE BOARD and I wasn’t disappointed 😂😂

[@zlkanglwrth2776]

Weaponizing the law, too bad its not working

[@guyman1570]

Is that what Fox News tell you to think? 😂

[@Draelyn]

@@guyman1570 This case was literally brought before Trump in an attempt to imprison him before the election, not to mention NY laws had to be changed in order for this case to be brought before him, Trump had already been cleared of all wrong doing by the FEC long before this case happened. But hey, you just want to see the man burn, laws be damned.

[@Anthony_Caliber]

Totally constitutional to not let someone speak about their own trial and threaten to arrest them if they attend their own court hearing for the Supreme Court Definitely not a kangaroo court at all!

[@juliusdauksys2183]

Yeah, gag orders are constitutional

[@puddlemage]

Gag orders are constitutional dude, get over yourself and read your damn Constitution for once. "Congress shall make no law..." is literally the first words in that amendment.

[@rustygray5058]

1. He's allowed to talk about the trial. He just isn't allowed to dox the jury and officers of the court - encouraging people to bully and scare them into causing a mistrial. 2. There's nothing unconstitutional about a gag order. 3. The entire purpose of the judicial branch is to determine where exceptions to the constitution are merited.

[@MfSilly]

Thank god he expensed the bulletin board

[@Senizagam71]

The reoccurring cork board is my favourite part now 🤣

[@jshlstn1]

Yet let's also remember that in all these cases in which he's gag ordered the opposition both politically in the courtroom and a new media are all completely allowed to tell the case on their narrative with varifalse details. But if he says anything, you can defend himself or point out the corruption. He's in trouble you know, if one side's gotta be the only ones allowed to talk. Usually they're not the good guys.

[@juliusdauksys2183]

Yeah, maybe if he stopped lying for once...

[@puddlemage]

He's allowed to talk about the trial. What he's not allowed to do is make or solicit statements about specific players in the trial, "if those statements [...] interfere with, or [...] cause others to materially interfere with, counsel's or staff's work in this criminal case, or with the knowledge that such interference is likely to result." He can defend himself from personal attacks, what he can't do is attack the people responsible for ensuring the fair and just application of the law (or their loved ones, another thing that shouldn't have had to be specified).

[@guyman1570]

Is that what Fox News tell you to think? 😂

[@justsomeone1487]

Yeah. I don’t really care if he’s violating the gag order. Far as I’m concerned the entire trial should be available to the public. Yet it’s not.

[@KingZNIN]

Not tge individuals in the jury. There's been to many cases of his child touching followers going after tge jury.

[@I-should-have-let-Trotsky-stay]

​@KingZNIN only in your wetest of dreams bud

[@KingZNIN]

@I-should-have-let-Trotsky-stay nope it's a long history of it happening even epstein victims have been attacked by his nuts

[@kano8]

​@@KingZNIN So, you punish the guy who does nothing, and not the guy who is committing a crime instead? Make it make sense. Furthermore, the jury is security. It's near impossible for anyone to go after them, and if they did it's a felony.

[@KingZNIN]

@kano8 the guy that did nothing? Like a mob boss saying someone needs to do something about "Mr/mis blank" and then they randomly come down with a case of bullet holes?

[@planyourspoons8978]

The BulBo is becoming the cameo we look for in the Wapo Shorts 🎉😂

[@brian-us6vw]

Good. Trump needs to speak out how these corrupt people and the kangaroo court are fixed.

[@iru_arg]

Look, even if you're a conservative Trump supporter, you gotta say what he's doing. Is stupid.

[@brian-us6vw]

@@iru_arg Nah I am more worried at the stupidity of people ignoring how Biden gave afghan back to the Taliban.

[@clownshoes6518]

Yikes you're so anti America :-(

[@iru_arg]

@clownshoes6518 Yikes, it's a patriot 😬

[@Ceoofedging]

​@@iru_argnah not really, as of now everyone in the legal system trying to get trump genuinely seem clinically insane. I mean they tried charge the guy with fraud for a legal loan, and recently it was discovered that the FBI planted evidence during that presidential records case. It's no longer a question about weather there trying to get him or if it's a witch hunt, it's already proven. The only question is how far they are wiling to go

[@Madgunner117]

Well, if it is 95% democrat, he wouldn't get a fair trial. Especially since it's based in New York. Considering jurys have been disbarred due to bias shown online.

[@GabrielF39]

I'm drinking the tears of everyone here tonight after the jack smith case got pushed back indefinitely.

[@lidla2008]

Oh gosh, they're gonna consider it! Very scary, considering it. They've been considering it this whole time, but... now they're considering it MORE

[@BOMBON187]

Hopefully this can be used as case law example for others. Let's see how an average joe fares for the same issue.

[@TheXeart]

Any other person would have been in jail already. This is pitiful.

[@Blackwing02]

Any other person would have just been given a fine for what they claim Trump did in this case.

[@Tyshkevich]

Any other person wouldn't be in court to begin with. They are literally trying to say what he did was illegal.... when it's standard practice 😂

[@noticedruid4985]

Any other person wouldn't likely have their right to free speech be violated. Also wouldn't have been charged in the first place.

[@TheXeart]

@@noticedruid4985 there’s a huge difference between 1st amendment rights and gag orders to protect others. They are also not uncommon. Besmirching the prosecution or doxing the jury is ALWAYS against courtroom etiquette. If you were the victim of a crime, you’d be given the same protections.

[@cirrusfox8052]

​@@TheXeartwell that's great n all except that's not what he did. People involved in the case are talking bad about him on social media and he responded on social media. There were no threats involved, no doxing, no intimidation but yet he is the only one in this whole case who has a gag order.

[@trevorreid9142]

Talking about the jury in general should never even possibly violate a gag order. No one is specifically named, that’s a protected constitutional right. No wonder this shit is making Biden lose more and more support

[@moonman239]

ooh, you've done it this time. Now your punishment is even STRONGER words!

[@reginaldgarner4321]

This is the stable genius's trial. Don't awaken him.

[@92vanguard]

Neither statement about the jury was false or would uncover who they are... Soo... 1st amendment ftw

[@dypfulcjvjv]

Not how the first amendment works

[@michaelwinter742]

“How am I, a past and maybe future president of the United States of America, supposed to follow a whole jury being selected in just two or three days? That’s, like, dozens of pieces of information. What do you expect of me?”

[@David-ru3km]

They want a compliant lawfare victim.

[@MrFrostyDog]

The board is an excellent expense

[@dicerice1]

Ok, you got me. I laughed out loud when you pretended to be trump snoring himself awake and saying lock her up. Haven’t laughed that hard in a while

[@adams3560]

Funny because it’s accurate.

[@PhirenFayt]

If you work in any form of government in a political party you shouldn't have your fingers anywhere near picking a jury.

[@speakingwithoutnet]

Agreed. And if your daughter has a job raising money for Democrats, and has raised 93 million dollars using the case your presiding over to do so, you shouldn't be a judge in that case.

[@yucol5661]

Don’t the lawyers pick the jury?

[@guyman1570]

Is that what Fox News tell you to think? 😂

[@calhughes6159]

I love the judge flipping the gavel, brilliant 🤣

[@cheesygoodness5415]

Are they ever going to announce what it was that he did that was illegal or just keep him from campaigning..?

[@juliusdauksys2183]

You have Google and they've made it clear like a hundred times by now

[@tomcoleman8702]

Corky!!! We love you❤! Thanks for making an appearance.

[@erickk1992]

Can we get a gag order on Washington Post?

[@Billy0Jay]

But they let everyone bad mouth him. His first amendment rights are being restricted

[@juliusdauksys2183]

That's not how gag orders work

[@BIGFRANKOL75]

Why not talk about the witness that stated Trump didn't authorize any payments for this "hush money"

[@jaymescutsinger9313]

He should be able to talk about the trial, he has a first amendment right doesn't he

[@ialsoagree1634]

You don't have unrestricted access to do anything you want if it's in one of the amendments. The Supreme Court has what's called the strict scrutiny test. One of the prongs of that test is whether restricting a right serves a "compelling state interest." In this case, the interest is to protect the well being and impartiality of the jurors. One of the ways that is done is by restricting access to and statements about the jurors.

[@jaymescutsinger9313]

More legal bullshit. The .an is just speaking facts!

[@TenaciousToucan]

@@jaymescutsinger9313 "legal bullshit" otherwise known as "protecting the fairness of trials, and upholding the integrity of the judicial process."

[@jaymescutsinger9313]

@@TenaciousToucan oh please as if a gag order this vague isn't unconstitutional they aren't letting him discuss his case outside of itself at all it's not like he's a member of the jury

[@TenaciousToucan]

@@jaymescutsinger9313 you haven't read the gag order have you? Because if you seriously find the following vague, I don't see a point in explaining anything to you further if this is beyond your reading comprehension. "All interested parties in this matter, including the parties and their counsel, are prohibited from making any public statements, or directing others to make any public statements, that target (1) the Special Counsel prosecuting this case or his staff; (2) defense counsel or their staff; (3) any of this court’s staff or other supporting personnel; or (4) any reasonably foreseeable witness or the substance of their testimony."

[@Rob-metoo527]

Eventually, we need to put these cowardly judges in jail.

[@michaelmclaughlin261]

This is setting him up to get everything tossed on appeal.

[@spaceman7790]

The judge wont do it because if Trump were to be imprisoned during the campaign period, it could escalate the case to a higher judicial level(Supreme Court). This escalation would effectively remove control of the case from Judge Merchan's hands, shifting it to a higher judicial authority which would then need to handle the mistakes made by the lower courts and defining a precedent for these situations.

[@ZombieHunter37]

Gag orders should not even be a thing. It basically just curtails the 1st amendment.

[@juliusdauksys2183]

They are a thing for a reason tho. Learn to keep your mouth shut for once if you don't want a gag order

[@JBRAI22]

If gag orders didn’t exist then details about the case that aren’t public might release or the judge/jury might be harassed.

[@v1ncevietnam276]

@@juliusdauksys2183goes against the first amendment idc what you say

[@juliusdauksys2183]

@@v1ncevietnam276 ok, doesn't tho especially since the Supreme Court ruled that it's constitutional

[@v1ncevietnam276]

@@juliusdauksys2183 so you are saying that a legal order , preventing someone from speaking about a certain topic isn’t unconstitutional????

[@chaiti1985]

This entire thing is dumb. Even if he is actually convicted, this is going to scream appeal. Also, can you imagine the optics of jailing him for contempt from what amounts to a free speach issue of a leading presidential candidate? Bleh. Both sides of this are ridiculous.

[@crasianator1986]

Only one side is in the wrong, and that's the side of the judge.

[@binhhuynh5979]

​@@crasianator1986Ya, for giving him this much leniency. Anyone else would be sitting behind bars already. Talk about your two tier system! 🤮🤮🤮

[@OFFONE]

Why is this even a trial she already said and signed her name that she had nothing to do with trump

[@juliusdauksys2183]

Cause it's not about her, it's about using campaign funds to pay people

[@wvp07]

Bulletin board is really putting in the work! Such a smart expensed purchase!

[@elexpresso8880]

Gag orders are unconstitutional. You literally have freedom of speech unless you are under a contract that you signed or are insighting violence.

[@TenaciousToucan]

Gag orders are nothing new. You and Trump screaming "unconstitutional" doesn't make it so and shows a lack of understanding and research.

[@noticedruid4985]

​@@TenaciousToucanpretending it isn't unconstitutional doesn't make it magically constitutional.

[@juliusdauksys2183]

​@@noticedruid4985dude, your own Supreme Court said it's constitutional

[@noticedruid4985]

@@juliusdauksys2183 they haven't said this gag order is constitutional silly, it's still on Appeal. It hasn't even made its way through state courts yet.

[@TenaciousToucan]

@@noticedruid4985 well I got plenty of case law and specific cases I can point to showing otherwise. The only thing special about Trump's is that he is a Presidential candidate but even then the gag order gives him plenty of space to complain about the justice system and campaign.

[@AhintofChan]

Change his diaper then lock him up

[@I-should-have-let-Trotsky-stay]

Change his diaper? He's not Biden or Fetterman 😂

[@Scowleasy]

@@I-should-have-let-Trotsky-stayhe’s literally been shitting himself for decades

[@xenn4985]

@@Scowleasy Source?

[@GabrielF39]

​@@xenn4985Source=He said so.

[@nexus1g]

I feel the judge forgot that gag orders exist to protect the defendant. The existence of trials in the first place is a protection for the defendant.

[@juliusdauksys2183]

That's absolutely not why gag orders are a thing

[@nexus1g]

@@juliusdauksys2183 It's the only reason trials themselves exist in the first place--to protect the defendant.

[@cameronturner7475]

It's ridiculous. Everyone is allowed to say whatever they want about this case no matter how inaccurate, wrong or misleading except for the defendant.

[@lars1701again]

Sorry but the court doesn't have a right to restrict his freedom of speech and interfering with his campaign

[@TenaciousToucan]

Gag orders are nothing new. If Trump could just have avoided attacking the courts before he wouldn't been in such a situation.

[@puddlemage]

According to the Supreme Court, they sure do have the right to restrict speech (as long as proper procedure is followed). As for interfering with a campaign, getting put in jail certainly does that too, and that hasn't stopped at least one candidate from running. Having a court date tends to inherently limit one's freedom of travel, and SCOTUS hasn't seen fit to address that (I wonder why). If you seriously think that the gag order in and of itself interferes with his campaign, all I can say is I hope you'll actually read the court order and ask yourself if the speech outlined in it is actually pertinent to any political campaign in any circumstance.

[@lars1701again]

@@puddlemage well any ruling from this judge is unconstitutional considering this case is a political hit job you know and I know it so to honor this judges ruling is to embrace the wrongness that f this case.

[@puddlemage]

​ @lars1701again 1) no, this is not a "political hit case" trial, the man committed a crime and delayed the trial so long that it's now an election year 2) Where in the Constitution do you find any basis for that bald assertion? If the judge rules incorrectly in this case (which is a jury trial in the first place, 99.9% likelihood the judge will hand down the verdict reached by the jury of Trump's peers), the case will be appealed and reversed by a higher court. The trial itself can't possibly be unconstitutional.

[@DrSkrungle]

​@@puddlemageexcept that an unbiased jury is impossible in a case like this as everyone has heard of him.

[@RinnzuRosendale]

If it was anyone else, they would of been jailed far before the 10nth time. The court has already failed to uphold the idea that no one is above the law. The damage is done and will only get worse till they punish him.

[@calebcollins5887]

Unless the gag orders weren’t legal or able to be held up in future review. It’s just like with his presidency they tried impeaching him over nonsense making the real attempt fail miserably.

[@coyote2239]

I love watching these witch hunts fall apart in real time.

[@zetsevs]

"look I dont care how little it actaully cost us you use company funds on this damn cork board YOU WILL USE THE DAMN CORK BOARD"