The information presented to Trump’s defense team during discovery will not be permitted to be made public, according to New York State Judge Juan Merchan. From that point, the restrictions get stricter.
“The former president is prohibited from publishing part of the case’s evidence on social media by an order that was granted this week by the New York state court overseeing the criminal hush money case facing Donald Trump.”
“By restricting what Trump might say in public about fresh evidence from the prosecution’s side before the case gets to trial, Judge Juan Merchan mostly supported Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.”
“Any information and materials submitted by the People to the Defense in connection with its discovery responsibilities… shall be utilized solely for the intent of building a defense regarding this matter,” the ruling states.
“According to Merchan’s ruling, anybody with access to the evidence that state prosecutors have provided to Trump’s team ‘shall not duplicate, distribute or reveal’ the information to other parties, including social media sites, ‘without prior authorization from the court.'”
Without the presence of his attorneys, Trump will also be prohibited from seeing any “limited dissemination information” and won’t be permitted to photograph or copy any of the records. He is also forbidden from looking at “forensic pictures of witnesses cellphones.” The former president will only be permitted to see photographs that have been cleaned and authorized by the court.
In order to bolster its demands, the prosecution pointed to Trump’s earlier actions in other court matters.
The district attorney’s office claimed in a court filing last month that Donald J. Trump “has a lengthy and perhaps unique history of attacking the witnesses, the investigators, the prosecution, trial jury members, grand jurors, justices, and others who are involved with legal proceedings toward him, placing those people as well as their families at a considerable safety risk.”
This is what some conservative media sources are calling a “gag order.” That is not what it is. Trump is still allowed to discuss the matter publicly in any way he sees fit (for the time being, at least). This protective order especially addresses the gathering and dispersal of evidence obtained during discovery.
Nevertheless, it serves a similar objective in that it aims to prevent Trump from publicly framing the discussion around the precise charges made against him. That loss may or may not be significant. Trump’s tirade at a witness would undoubtedly be counterproductive in any scenario, particularly in light of how harshly the court in the case will penalize him. Manhattan is the location in question. By using social media to get the public’s attention in that region, nothing gets accomplished. Only a tough, methodical legal approach has a chance of success.
Typical demonrats – silence anyone who disagrees with them! With any luck, the demonrats will burn in hell.
If they do not repent they sure will,/ and if they do repent they still need to be put in jail. even God’s law says we pay for our sins/ not in hell but in prison for life
Do other people that get prosecuted in NY with the same restrictions? Or is it just a special case? The way I see it is if you are accused in NYS by anyone you really don’t have the right to defend yourself in the best way that you can. Interesting how the Marine that got involved with the subway thug, people are allowed to call fro public support to prosecute him, but somehow Trump is the exception. The more I read these limits and such the more I’m convinced the Judge Juan Merchan is actually a criminal. Yes he i s in a position of a judge, but by making special rules only for Trump means he is manipulating HIS system in a what I deem, criminal way. New Yorker’s continue to vote for criminals and crime so I guess it’s best to withdraw from the state.
This is nothing more than political persecution. It is a national disgrace…. Hell awaits them all.
IF THE CORRUPT CRIMINALS WOULD SPEND MORE TIME AND ENERGY ON DOING FOR OUR NATION INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DESTROY PRESIDENT TRUMP, OUR COUNTRY WOULD BE DOING GREAT. BUT UNDER BIDEN AND OBAMA THE CORRUPT , LYING, FAILURES IT IS A DISASTER. NEITHER ONE COULD GOVERN , NOTHING BUT DISASTER AFTER DISASTER, NOTHING BUT HATE AND RACE SPEECHES. GET TRUMP BACK ASAP TO FIX WHAT THESE TWO IMBECILES DESTROYED.OUR COUNTRY NEEDS A PRESIDENT WITH A STRONG BACK A HIGH IQ, LOVE FOR THIS NATION AND RESPECT. NOT CORRUPT POLITICIANS WHO ARE OUT TO STEAL AND GIVE US MILLIONS OF CRIMINAL ELEMENTS.
Don’t lump all of us New Yorkers together. Get away from the big cities and we actually have common sense. We are just out numbered by those that do not.