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Former President Donald Trump slammed what he described arsenic an "unconstitutional" gag bid imposed connected him during his proceedings successful Manhattan, while pinning blasted for nan proceedings and ongoing anti-Israel protests unfolding connected assemblage campuses nationwide connected President Biden.
"We person a gag order, which to maine is wholly unconstitutional. I'm not allowed to talk, but group are allowed to talk astir me. So they tin talk astir me," Trump said extracurricular nan courtroom. "They tin opportunity immoderate they want, they tin lie, but I'm not allowed to opportunity anything. I conscionable person to beryllium backmost and look astatine why a conflicted judge has ordered maine to person gag order," he said.
"I don't deliberation anybody's ever seen thing for illustration this. I'd emotion to talk to you people. I'd emotion to opportunity everything that's connected my mind, but I'm restricted because I person a gag order," he continued.
Trump was backmost successful tribunal connected Tuesday, erstwhile presiding Judge Juan Merchan held a proceeding connected nan prosecution's petition that Trump beryllium held successful contempt for violating a gag order. Merchan imposed nan gag bid connected Trump earlier nan proceedings began, ordering Trump 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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Former president Donald Trump, center, awaits nan commencement of proceedings astatine Manhattan criminal court, Monday, April 22, 2024, successful New York. Opening statements successful Donald Trumps historical hush money proceedings are group to begin. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)
Prosecutors presented 10 instances of Trump allegedly violating nan gag bid successful societal media posts during nan hearing. The DA’s agency argues he should salary a $1,000 good each for a fistful of nan instances.
Trump’s ineligible squad pushed backmost that nan posts successful mobility were examples of nan 45th president responding to attacks.
Merchan has not issued a determination yet connected whether Trump is recovered successful contempt. He did pass nan Trump defense squad that they were "losing each credibility" during nan hearing.
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"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 told Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche.
A tribunal sketch depicts erstwhile President Donald Trump’s quality successful Manhattan Criminal Court successful New York connected Friday, April 19, 2024. Trump’s criminal proceedings is successful its 4th time of assemblage selection. (Christine Cornell)
"I person to show you correct now, you’re losing each credibility successful nan court," Merchan added.
President Joe Biden speaks astatine Abbotts Creek Community Center during an arena to beforehand his economical schedule successful Raleigh, North Carolina, connected January 18, 2024. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump continued successful his comments aft tribunal wrapped up for nan time that nan ongoing anti-Israel demonstrations raging connected immoderate of nan nation’s astir elite assemblage campuses are "Biden’s fault," successful summation to nan proceedings itself.
"That's Biden's fault," he said of nan schoolhouse protests. "And by nan way, this proceedings is each Biden."
"He can't put 2 sentences again, but he's retired campaigning," Trump continued of Biden. "He's retired campaigning. And I'm here successful a courtroom sitting present … sitting up arsenic consecutive arsenic I tin each time long. Because you cognize what? It's a very unfair situation."
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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)
Trump is charged pinch 34 counts of falsifying business records successful nan first degree. He has pleaded not blameworthy to each counts.
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The proceedings 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 Trump 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.
