Posted on 04/30/2024 8:12:29 PM PDT by NoLibZone
The nine posts that the judge in Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s falsified business records case ordered Trump to take down on Tuesday have been deleted.
Judge Juan Merchan ruled on Tuesday morning ahead of the second week of the trial that Trump needed to pay $9,000, $1,000 for each gag order violation. An additional hearing on more alleged gag order violations will take place on Thursday.
The order reads that the defendant, Trump, "is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose an incarcertatory punishment, and is hereby ORDERED, that the Defendant pay $1,000 fine for each of the nine violations of this Court's lawful order by the close of business on Friday, May 3, 2024."
Trump was given a 2:15 pm deadline to remove the posts, seven of which were on his Truth Social account and two of which were on his campaign website.
Why doesn’t Trump use a proxy for his announcements?
His truths have no bearing on the actual case so really there was nothing to be gained by leaving them up. Everyone who cares already knows what Trump said. Probably they are more aware because of the contempt order.
Compliance here will speed up Trump’s ability to take back control once the defense case begins. Getting the prosecution’s case over with asap is a good strategy, even as you attack it. Give them as little time as possible.
Trump can have others post for him.
Hoping he takes fintons advice and convenes a commission when president to go after these bastards
Seems like he could get others to voice the things he wants to say.
Trump has power and support unlike any other American. He did not need to send his truthful tweets down the 1984 Memory Hole
You call what is happening to Trump a “legal process”?
a twisted one - but it is a trial, followed by appeal, etc as outlined by our justice system. we can call it warped legal process as we know it to be.
Just have Don Jr. make the posts. The judge tried to include the family members in the gag order, but the appeals court ruled he couldn’t.
should have followed bragg’s methodology
and charged him by the word
I’m sure some of his enemies screenshotted them and will repost them as soon as they set up their burner accounts.
Absolutely.
Our justice system has sucked for a long time, but it is now a Star Chamber.
hope someone saved them
Judge merchan has issued a gag order on trump complaining about gag orders!! Merchan is an americq-hating commie born in bogota columbia. Should have never been allowed to enter america let alone become a judge.
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