The expanded gag order consists of the punishment of withholding juror names from Trump if his conduct continues, so Trump responded by attacking the gag order.
Roger Parloff of Lawfare famous that the expanded gag order now has some tooth:
… Although jurorsâ names will likely be protected against *public* dissemination, Trump & his legal professionals would, by statute, usually have entry to allow them to analysis open supply data about them, like political registration & social media accounts. …
/2â Roger Parloff (@rparloff) April 2, 2024
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That’s nice and all the things, however it appears to have carried out nothing to cease Trump, who is now posting videos of Fox News spreading his attacks for him.
Posting a video of Fox Information saying one thing isn’t a violation of the gag order, since Trump didn’t say it himself.
All gag orders are problematic for Trump as a result of he’s working for president to keep away from prison conviction, so if he can’t use the marketing campaign platform to assist himself keep away from conviction, it undercuts his objective for working.
Sarah Jones asks the important thing query:
If Trump continues to go after Decide Merchanâs daughter, the names of jurors *would possibly* be withheld from defendant.
But Jack Smith has been compelled to file for protections for jurors in several Trump case citing intimidation.
Why is getting the names even on the desk? https://t.co/GX0UrfRkw0
â Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) April 2, 2024
It’s a part of the statute in New York that his authorized group has entry to juror names in order that any defendant can get a good protection, however Donald Trump continues to show why he mustn’t have entry. It will be tough to call one other prison defendant who has attacked the courts, judges, witnesses, and would seemingly do the identical to prison trial jurors in public because the ex-president has.
If there was ever a case the place the decide would deem it a matter of security for a defendant to not have entry to juror names, it’s this one.
Trump will proceed to play video games and work out methods to avoid the technical language of any gag order that’s imposed on him.
To get actually get his consideration, the court needs to revoke his bail.
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