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CNBC reports: President Donald Trump in his criminal hush money case, but kept some restrictions in place until Trump is sentenced. The decision from Judge Juan Merchan came two days before Trump is set to face off against President Joe Biden in the first of two presidential debates. Merchan struck parts of the gag order that barred Trump from making …

“The case isn’t over until the sentencing is heard and sentence is imposed. I have absolutely no problem, frankly, with the prosecutors’ real concern about safety. “And look, there are wingnuts out there in the period of time between now and when the trial court’s role in this case ends. “I don’t think it’s worth taking the chance that anybody …

CNN reports: New York’s highest court has declined to hear Donald Trump’s appeal on the gag order in his hush money case, according to a decision list posted Tuesday. The gag order, issued by Judge Juan Merchan in the criminal case against Trump, remains in effect. Separately, Trump has asked Merchan to terminate the gag order ahead of his sentencing …

Law & Crime reports: Judge Aileen Cannon apparently got tired of non-parties trying to intervene on issues in the Mar-a-Lago case, as she sent 24 Republican attorneys general and their proposed brief in support of Donald Trump packing on Monday. The coalition of AGs said Trump’s posts amounted to “colorful rhetoric” during the presidential campaign, not true threats to law …

Law & Crime reports: Twenty-four Republican attorneys general combined Sunday, Father’s Day, to oppose special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order, defending former President Donald Trump’s “colorful rhetoric” and arguing that Truth Social posts about the feds’ search of Mar-a-Lago were not true threats to law enforcement. Claiming to represent states that “each stand to suffer the harms” …

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys asked a federal judge Monday to reject special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order in the classified documents case and to find the federal prosecutors who wrote the request in contempt. Smith’s office has requested that the Florida judge overseeing the classified documents case, Aileen Cannon, place a gag order on …

Law & Crime reports: Former President Donald Trump on Thursday outside of the hush-money trial courtroom criticized one of the prosecutors not named Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg (D), in apparent defiance of a gag order restricting such statements. With his defense attorney Todd Blanche looking on and Republican lawmakers, like Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida standing in the background, Trump …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump is seeking to have New York’s highest court intervene in his fight over a gag order that has seen him fined $10,000 and threatened with jail for violating a ban on commenting about witnesses, jurors and others connected to his hush money criminal trial. The former president’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal late …

Mediaite reports: Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) was unabashed when asked about attending former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, telling Newsmax’s Chris Salcedo that Republicans did it to “overcome this gag order” on Trump. Tuberville described himself as being “really disappointed” in “how this whole thing was run.” He said he hoped that there would be “more and more senators …

CNN reports: Donald Trump’s latest attempt to end the gag order against him in the hush money trial was denied by a New York appeals court on Tuesday. “We find that Justice Merchan properly weighed petitioner’s First Amendment Rights against the court’s historical commitment to ensuring the fair administration of justice in criminal cases, and the right of persons related …

The Associated Press reports: An attorney for Stormy Daniels says the porn actor is expected to appear as a witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Tuesday. Clark Brewster tells The Associated Press that Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is “likely” to be called as a witness in the trial on Tuesday. The jury on Monday heard …

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump complained about his gag order before entering the courtroom. When asked about his former attorney Michael Cohen — who as an expected witness Trump isn’t allowed to talk about — Trump replied, “As you know, they’ve taken away my constitutional right so I’m not allowed to answer that question.” “I find you …

The Meidas Touch reports: On Thursday night, Trump posted a link to a Rumble clip of Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast in which Trump supporting host Doug Burquam and Andrew Giulianni, the son of Trump co-defendant Rudy Giulianni, commented on Trump’s trial and interviewed supporters outside the courthouse. That clip complained about Trump’s gag order and about Judge Merchan’s daughter, …

NBC News reports: The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Tuesday held the former president in criminal contempt over a series of posts on Truth Social that he said violated a gag order barring any attacks on jurors and witnesses. Judge Juan Merchan ruled Trump in contempt for nine violations of his gag order, with a fine …

Deadline reports: With a decision on one contempt motion pending, Judge Juan Merchan has scheduled a hearing on Thursday for prosecutors to argue that Trump has committed more violations of the judge’s gag order against disparaging or intimidating witnesses, jurors and other trial participants. At the first contempt hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors sought fines for ten Trump online posts blasting …

CNN reports: Moving onto the post about the jury and Jesse Watters, Judge Juan Merchan asked: “Your client manipulated what was said and put it in quotes, am I right?” “I wouldn’t use the word manipulation your honor,” Donald Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche responded. “But the rest of the quote was not part of the quote.” Merchan said that Trump’s …

Reuters reports: The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial will decide on Tuesday whether the former U.S. president should be punished for violating a gag order that prevents him from criticizing witnesses and others involved in the case. Prosecutors are asking Justice Juan Merchan to fine Trump for criticizing porn star Stormy Daniels and his former lawyer Michael …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump appeared to violate the clear gag order set forth by Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the New York trial over hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. On Wednesday, Trump took to Truth Social and quoted Fox News host Jesse Watters. “They are catching undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge …

The Huffington Post reports: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a motion to hold Trump in contempt over repeatedly violating a gag order by attacking witnesses, including his former attorney Michael Cohen and adult film star Stormy Daniels, on social media. “Defendant is not above the law, and he cannot simply disregard judicial orders that upset him,” Bragg wrote. “And …

CNN reports: Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass is now bringing up some of Trump’s recent Truth Social posts saying they violate the gag order to not make statements about potential witnesses. Among the posts, prosecutors cite one from Wednesday when Trump references “two sleazebags,” which, in the context, are Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels. Some of the requests happening in court from …