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Judge expands Trump's gag order after ex-president's social media posts about judge's daughter (apnews.com)

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The judge in Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal case on Monday declared his daughter off-limits to the former president’s rancor, expanding a gag order days after Trump assailed and made false claims about her on social media.

Judge Juan M. Merchan said his original gag order — barring Trump from making public statements about jurors, witnesses and others connected to the case — did not include Merchan’s family members, but his subsequent attacks warranted including them.

“This pattern of attacking family members of presiding jurists and attorneys assigned to his cases serves no legitimate purpose,” Merchan wrote. “It merely injects fear in those assigned or called to participate in the proceedings that not only they, but their family members as well, are ‘fair game,’ for Defendant’s vitriol.”

Merchan’s daughter, Loren Merchan, is a Democratic political consultant. Prosecutors had urged Merchan to clarify or expand his gag order after Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that Loren Merchan “makes money by working to ‘Get Trump,’” and wrongly accused her of posting a social media photo showing him behind bars.

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[-] dugmeup@lemmy.world 106 points 5 months ago

Maybe hold him in contempt or recommend criminal charges?

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 49 points 5 months ago

maybe lock him?

and maybe forget where the key was? "oops, sorry. we forgot the key. Well slip you bits of food while we try and find it... but... guess you're going on a diet, huh?"

[-] Davel23@fedia.io 24 points 5 months ago

Better yet, put him in Epstein's cell.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 63 points 5 months ago

And let that be a LESSON to Trump! If he continues his speech and Gosh Darn gets the Judges daughter killed he can BET he'll get ANOTHER Stern talking to!

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago

Oh you don't want the Judge to warn you five times! Because after the fifth time... Oh boy, you are gonna GET A SIXTH WARNING, which is unheard of!

[-] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 55 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Enough with the kid gloves already. Throw him in the hoosegow FFS.

[-] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 29 points 5 months ago

That’s not going to happen, he’s going to get a million opportunities us lowly plebs would never get and face no reason consequences.

[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago

Set your expectations low enough and you will never feel the bitter sting of disappointment. You will, on rare occasions, be delighted. This isn't one of those.

[-] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 52 points 5 months ago

You would assume that slandering a judges daughter while he was presiding over your case would land you in jail quickly.

I’m sure if I, a poor, did it, it sure would.

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Slander is spoken. In print it's libel.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Thanks JJJ

[-] leadore@kbin.social 45 points 5 months ago

Our useless justice system: "And if you do it again, I'll issue another gag order! And then if you do it yet again, I'll issue yet another gag order!" etc. etc.

[-] Coach@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago

He can expand it in a knot, He can expand it in a bow, He can throw it over his shoulder, Like a continental soldier, but Don Poorleone still won't go...

...unless and until you issue an actual fucking order and not some spineless, pussy bullshit. Do your fucking job, judge, (respectfully) and throw him in jail – at least half of this country has your back.

[-] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 months ago

at least half of this country has your back.

If not more, 2/3 of the voting public voted in 2020. Less than 1/3 voted for that McBurger inflated orange pumpkin skin sack. Who in a cult wouldn't vote for their cult leader? That means less than 1/3 of the country (which is even smaller a population yet when you factor in those not old enough to vote, gerrymandered districts, states with difficult voting laws, and prisoners in states that don't allow them to vote) has been led astray. Orange bloated walking corpse's constituent numbers are small like his hands, and thankfully, as people realize that he's all wind and no substance, continuing to shrink. (Much like his bank account.)

[-] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 0 points 5 months ago

And the other half wants to stick a knife in it (or bullet moreover)

[-] Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

10%

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago

lol like you will actually do something. bitch.

-Trump.

[-] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

lol seriously. He has shown in a very stark way that the rich are above the law in the US. You can literally try to overthrow the government and then threaten and slander judges and their families and still not go to prison if you’re rich.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 35 points 5 months ago

Do you know what it would would be great? If the judge actually enforced it

[-] 3volver@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

Judicial system is weak against the rich, by design of course.

[-] 44razorsedge@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

Bullies gonna bully. There was a lot of chirping at a recent hockey game. A visiting forward who liked to run his mouth and had a tough guy rep was checked, hard, along the boards in front of our team. He was supposed to be a tough guy but he winced. Who knows why, but he showed weakness. Fast as lighting, the Coach said (loud enough for the bench but not the refs) "Why don't you go cry home to Mommy." For the rest of the game the guy stayed away and was nothing of a factor in the game .

The point is when Trump was facing the half billion dollar fine (and supposedly the tough guy) he went ape-shit wincing, weaseling and whinging about it and NO-ONE called him on it. He's out of control and no-one has the ability to stop his antics.

So I guess, you get what you pay for; or vote for. And that's not leadership on the part of the court, it's appeasement.

[-] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 months ago

Just ban him from social media. Fuckhead can't stop emself

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

He will just create his own social media with...oh...

[-] bilboswaggings@sopuli.xyz 14 points 5 months ago

Maybe he just likes being gagged

[-] badbrainstorm@lemmy.today 8 points 5 months ago

Ah, thus the deflecting post of Biden bound and gagged

[-] SeabassDan@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

At this point a part of me feels like something will eventually happen to the people he so openly threatens, and then maybe they'll actually understand they need to get tough on him.

[-] tipicaldik@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Shut the fuck up, Donny!

[-] BadWolf@kbin.social 7 points 5 months ago

You’re out of your element!

[-] shartworx@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago

If only they could issue a stern warning, too! I'm sure he'll stop once he realizes he made a legal faux pas!

[-] instamat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

You better stop doing that or I will have to ask you again to please stop doing that —judges, apparently

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