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Judge Juan Merchan told President Donald Trump’s defense squad they were "losing each credibility" during a Tuesday proceeding connected whether nan 45th president violated a gag bid successful nan Manhattan criminal trial.
"I person to show you correct now, you’re losing each credibility successful nan court," Merchan told Trump lawyer Todd Blanche connected Tuesday.
Tuesday’s tribunal proceedings began pinch Merchan proceeding nan prosecution's petition that Trump beryllium held successful contempt for violating a gag bid that bans him from speaking publically astir witnesses and family members of tribunal officials.
Merchan imposed nan gag bid connected Trump earlier nan proceedings began, ordering him to abstain from making comments — aliases directing others to make comments — regarding witnesses’ imaginable information aliases nan prosecution team. The gag bid does let Trump to publically speak astir District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
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Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo makes opening statements arsenic erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump watches pinch his lawyer Todd Blanche earlier Justice Juan Merchan during Trump's criminal proceedings connected charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to soundlessness porn prima Stormy Daniels successful 2016, successful Manhattan authorities tribunal successful New York City, U.S. April 22, 2024 successful this courtroom sketch. (REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg)
The DA’s agency past week based on that Trump violated nan bid connected respective occasions, including connected societal media, and based on he should salary a $1,000 good each for a fistful of nan instances. Prosecutors alleged Tuesday that Trump violated nan bid a full of 10 times.
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The defense squad based on successful nan proceeding that Trump was responding to attacks erstwhile he made comments allegedly violating nan order. Merchan pressed Blanche to supply instances of wherever Trump was responding to a circumstantial incident.
"I’ve asked you 8 aliases 9 times, ‘show maine nan nonstop station that he was responding to’ and you haven’t been capable to do that once," Merchan said.
The defense squad based on that Trump did not break nan bid and should not look penalties.
Judge Juan Merchan poses for a image successful his chambers, Thursday, March 14, 2024, successful New York. A twelve Manhattan residents are soon to go nan first Americans ever to beryllium successful judgement of a erstwhile president charged pinch a crime. Jury action is group to commencement Monday successful erstwhile President Donald Trump's hush-money trial. (AP Photos)
Trump has many times slammed nan gag bid arsenic "unconstitutional" and a instrumentality utilized to soundlessness him.
"Judge Juan Merchan, who is suffering from an acute lawsuit of Trump Derangement Syndrome (whose girl represents Crooked Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, and different Radical Liberals, has conscionable posted a image of maine down bars, her evident goal, and makes it wholly intolerable for maine to get a adjacent trial) has now issued different illegal, un-American, unConstitutional ‘order,’ arsenic he continues to effort and return distant my Rights," Trump posted connected Truth Social past period aft he was fixed a gag bid limiting what he could publically opportunity astir nan case.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to nan media arsenic he leaves tribunal during his proceedings for allegedly covering up hush money payments astatine Manhattan Criminal Court on April 22, 2024 successful New York City. Former President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records successful nan first of his criminal cases to spell to trial. (Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images)
Following nan gag bid hearing, the proceedings will proceed until 2 p.m. Tuesday. The tribunal is expected to again perceive from nan prosecution's first witness, erstwhile media patient David Pecker.
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Trump is charged pinch 34 counts of falsifying business records successful nan first degree. He has pleaded not blameworthy to each counts.
The proceedings itself focuses connected Trump’s erstwhile individual lawyer Michael Cohen paying erstwhile pornographic character Stormy Daniels $130,000 to allegedly quiet her claims of an alleged extramarital matter she had pinch nan then-real property tycoon successful nan early 2000s. Trump has denied having an matter pinch Daniels.
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Prosecutors allege that nan Trump Organization reimbursed Cohen and fraudulently logged nan payments arsenic ineligible expenses. Prosecutors are moving to beryllium that Trump falsified records pinch an intent to perpetrate aliases conceal a 2nd crime, which is simply a felony.
