Judd Legum: Is Trump orchestrating a new criminal conspiracy?

[Nevilledog]

https://popular.info/p/is-trump-orchestrating-a-new-criminal

In recent days, several high-profile Republican political figures have traveled to the Manhattan Criminal Court, where Donald Trump is on trial. Outside the courthouse, they addressed the media and attacked key witnesses, the jury, and even the judge's daughter.

The comments by Trump's Republican allies are nearly identical to attacks that Trump has made previously in interviews and social media posts. But Judge Juan Merchan has ruled that, in so doing, Trump violated the gag order he imposed to preserve the integrity of the trial. Merchan has already fined Trump for violating the gag order 10 times and has warned that future violations could result in incarceration.

Merchan's order prohibits Trump from "directing others to make public statements about known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses." The order also prohibits Trump from directing others to attack the jury, the court staff, or family members.

Asked on Tuesday if he directed the Republicans to speak about the trial on his behalf, Trump described them as his "surrogates" and praised them for "speaking very beautifully." Trump has also entered the courthouse flanked by his surrogates, effectively giving them his imprimatur. If Trump directed his surrogates to speak, their comments could constitute criminal contempt of the gag order by Trump.

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Aaron Rupar
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I put together a little video for @JuddLegum's newsletter showing how Trump's lackeys seem to be reading from the same script when they attack Judge Merchan's daughter outside the courthouse.

Read Judd's piece fleshing this out here: https://popular.info/p/is-trump-orchestrating-a-new-criminal


6:51 AM · May 15, 2024

[Irish_Dem]

1. The GOP are mobsters. They are a crime syndicate.

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. Been referring to this collection of crimonals as an organized crime syndicate since 2015.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Trump is always organizing conspiracies and crimes.

That is how he rolls.

[bluestarone]

3. Every day until election, these MOBSTERS plan how to destroy our country

Pure russian anti democracy bastards. There is no doubt our RETHUGLICON government has attacked our democracy!! They should NOT be treated any different than someone that commits 1st degree murder.

[Evolve Dammit]

5. Criminal syndicate with accomplices and subordinates at all levels, public and private.

[Evolve Dammit]

6. And they planned their war drobe.

[Tickle]

7. Sometimes I wish we could

just split the country in half.

[NH Ethylene]

8. Me too.

It would be geographically awkward though.

[royable]

9. with one half being a two acre mudflat off the shore of Louisiana

that has an elevation of two inches above sea level

[Tickle]

10. 😂😂😂😂. NT

[LudwigPastorius]

11. Leave it to FOX to give these crabs from Trump's scrotum air time.

At the least, Merchan should haul Trump to the stand and question him about this. It reeks, and that fat, orange bastard needs to be jailed for violating the gag order for the 11th time.