Posted on 03/27/2024 3:47:53 PM PDT by Libloather
A gag order issued Tuesday in the New York hush money case bars Donald Trump from popping off against witnesses, jurors, and "court staff" — but it makes no mention of the judge and members of his family, who remain fair game.
Trump wasted little time exploiting that loophole Wednesday, when he used his Truth Social account to take aim at both state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan and the judge's progressive daughter, Loren Merchan. The daughter is a Democratic political consultant whose social media has been critical of Trump, including during his administration, when she condemned his family-separation border policy on an account that has since been made private.
Loren Merchan "represents Crooked Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Adam 'Shifty' Schiff, and other Radical Liberals," and "has just posted a picture of me behind bars, her obvious goal," the GOP frontrunner complained in his Truth Social post on Wednesday morning.
The judge's daughter helps run the Chicago-based, progressive political consulting firm Authentic Campaigns, which has worked on campaigns for key Trump rivals, including Biden, Harris, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
She has no known role in the hush money trial her father will preside over, which is set to begin picking a jury on April 15.
But she remains a repeat target of Trump's ire.
Last August, Trump's lawyers demanded the judge recuse himself from the case in part because of his daughter's political affiliations. The judge declined.
On Tuesday morning, Trump "truthed" that the judge is a "certified Trump Hater" whose daughter is a "senior executive at a Super Liberal Democrat firm."
Merchan's gag order was made public just four hours later.
Then, Tuesday night, far-right activist Laura Loomer posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Loren Merchan's X profile picture...
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The First Amendment is a “loophole” in government censorship.
As if DJT doesn’t have a progressive daughter (and SIL) of his own...
Free speech isn’t a loop hole
Loren Merchan's work, including on Vice President Kamala Harris' 2020 presidential primary run and Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign, have drawn criticism from Trump, who claims Judge Merchan is a 'Trump hater'
Wow, talk about a conflict of interest.
Progressive activist daughter of a judge sounds exactly like alk those rich brats who were involved in the rioting, looting, and such in the summer of 2020. Remember the rich spoiled Marxist brats getting caught attacking police cars and handing out Molotov cocktails?
While that is true, they still have trashed both without hesitation or regret.
Oh, that means Trump should just shut up then/sarcasm
He’s a Colombian. Just one of the many foreign judges and prosecutors going after Trump.
Might not be a good idea.Philosophically corrupt judges are fair game.Their kids? Maybe not.
Are Michael Cohen and the stripper under a gag order, other than they make most people gag.
She’s hardly a kid. AND she is an activist. Daddy should not be overseeing this trial.
Progressives...again.
Daddy should not be overseeing any case.
This man should be nowhere near a court bench
Stormy under a gag order??? I guess that all depend on what the “script” calls for…
BI=BS no point in reading one word of their BS.
ou have to admit, the Merchan family are such conforming little fascists, just like the class of Germans who elected Adolf in 1939. They think their fascost ideology is superior to Amerocan patriots who are lesser men and women who cling to their bibles and guns.Liberal fascists of this kind are the peop;e we must re educate or be liberated from in order to have a civil society of free men and women.When occupying a position of authority over their political opponemts they exercoise extreme bias and discrimination .
Merchan was shopped for this case by the prosecutors who are as fascist as they come. They know his political prejudices and know he would act against Trump in every way possible.Theor goal is to end President Trumps candidacy.A fascist goal designed to maintain the fascist hold on government at the federal level. Yes Merchan should recuse, or be removed by order of a Superior Court judge.
TRump should defy the gag order and appeal any contempt order immediately.
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She is fair game if it’s true that she makes money off rulings against Trump. Judge needs to go, but lefties never do.
A La Raza boy who needs to recuse himself.
He has his supporters to pick up the slack. They can’t put a gag order on everyone in the country.
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