The gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump in his business records trial in Manhattan is “outrageous and unconstitutional,” and with there still being no ruling issued about it, it continues to be a “complete violation” of his First Amendment rights, Karoline Leavitt, his campaign press secretary, said Wednesday on Newsmax.
“It’s even more outrageous when you see witnesses who will be called to the stand in this case out there 24/7 talking about President Trump, slandering him, lying about him, yet the president is unable to defend himself,” Leavitt said on “National Report.” “The fact that this gag order was imposed just shows the disdain that this Democrat judge has for the president.”
Judge Juan Merchan this week opted to reserve his decision on whether Trump had violated his gag order, while prosecutors in the courtroom Tuesday were arguing that Trump’s posting of news articles and videos constituted further gag order violations, Leavitt said.
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