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Trump barred from making evidence public in Stormy Daniels hush money case
cnbc ^ | 5/8/23 | Dan Mangan

Posted on 05/08/2023 6:41:22 PM PDT by CFW

A judge Monday barred former President Donald Trump from making public evidence and other material related to a pending criminal case against him in New York, where he is charged with falsifying business records related to a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

Judge Juan Merchan also barred Trump from viewing evidence in the case other than in the presence of his lawyers. The ex-president is not allowed to copy the material.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office sought the protective order due to concerns Trump would “inappropriately” use the material or post the information on social media or elsewhere.

A prosecutor at a hearing last week in Manhattan Supreme Court called that risk “substantial.”

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: bragg; corruptjudge; harassment; juanmerchan; manhattan; melania; newyork; payoffs; persecution; poormelania; pornstars; trump
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Trump's attorneys should be filing appeals on every ruling by this Judge. This is a violation of Trump's Constitutional rights.
1 posted on 05/08/2023 6:41:22 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

TDS is an amazing affliction.


2 posted on 05/08/2023 6:48:00 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: CFW

We have a rigged law system in the United States.

These corrupt judges were picked to “take Trump out,” same with the prosecutors, & same with the rigged juries.

In ‘democrat America’...... Trump & Trump supporters don’t have Constitutional Rights & Protections.


3 posted on 05/08/2023 6:50:34 PM PDT by unclebankster ( Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: Paladin2

“TDS is an amazing affliction.”


It is indeed. Every legal precedent and norm has been thrown out the window all because the deep state has so much covered up and can’t risk anyone discovering what they have been doing to our nation.


4 posted on 05/08/2023 6:52:05 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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“falsifying business records”

Trump doesn’t mop his floors, dust his furniture, or do bookkeeping.


5 posted on 05/08/2023 6:55:47 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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Trump's attorneys should be filing appeals on every ruling by this Judge. This is a violation of Trump's Constitutional rights.

Exactly what I was thinking.

Still waiting for the five-dimensional chess strategy to make itself seen.

6 posted on 05/08/2023 6:59:08 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: CFW

God Forbid the General Public sees facts in a criminal case


7 posted on 05/08/2023 7:02:18 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: unclebankster

This has been true since before Mary Jo Kopechne.


8 posted on 05/08/2023 7:16:05 PM PDT by AloneInMass (You'd think there would be more similarity between "chain letter" and "chain mail".)
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Um, the evidence, by its very act of being ‘evidence’ IS PUBLIC !


9 posted on 05/08/2023 7:43:51 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: CFW

What about his first amendment rights?


10 posted on 05/08/2023 7:53:52 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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GOD forbid Trump fires his Attorneys and goes Pro Se
... How could he defend himself?


11 posted on 05/08/2023 8:34:01 PM PDT by Michigan Bowhunter
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This order has two impacts. 1.) Trump is gagged and cannot defend his public reputation. 2.) The government will leak and control information. This DA’s office already has a history of leaking testimony from the grand jury.


12 posted on 05/08/2023 9:00:11 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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Of course. We are dealing with one of the most corrupt judges that ever walked the planet.


13 posted on 05/08/2023 9:09:03 PM PDT by Revel
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Let’s see if we have this correct, the plaintiff can allege or say anything they want but the defendant can’t comment about the “evidence” being brought against him.

Screw them and anybody that looks like them . . .


14 posted on 05/08/2023 9:13:21 PM PDT by MCSETots
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To: Michigan Bowhunter

Or he could get a new better attorney.


15 posted on 05/08/2023 9:36:47 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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The judge is barring Trump from exposing materials because it would hinder the judge's ability to sustain the prosecution's objections and deny the defense's objections if the people knew what the information said.

-PJ

16 posted on 05/08/2023 9:38:40 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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Don’t confuse me with facts,
I’ve already made-up my mind.


17 posted on 05/08/2023 10:28:32 PM PDT by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: CFW

Meanwhile, a corrupt DA leaks whatever and whenever he wants.


18 posted on 05/08/2023 11:05:31 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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Legal corruption at its finest!!


19 posted on 05/09/2023 1:22:04 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: Paladin2

Isn’t it though?


20 posted on 05/09/2023 3:23:23 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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