2023-10-21 12:25:00
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He hears an appeal from the tycoon’s lawyers who see the restriction as too broad
21 oct 2023 . Updated at 6:20 p.m.
Judge Tanya Chutkan temporarily froze the silence order this Friday against former President Donald Trump (2017-2021), which she herself issued on Monday, and for which she was prohibited from insulting the prosecutor, the judicial staff and the witnesses in the case in which he is accused in Washington.
The district judge of this accusation – for having allegedly tried to reverse the 2020 elections and promoted the assault on the Capitol – decided to suspend the order after Trump’s lawyers will file an appeal this week, considering that the decision imposes too broad a restriction.
Thus, the magistrate gave the office of special prosecutor Jack Smith, who is studying the case, until Wednesday to present any opposition to said appeal.
Last Monday, the judge of the District of Columbia admitted the gag order requested by Smith to prevent Trump’s constant statements from interfering in the judicial process.
Chutkan decided to prohibit all parties involved in the case from issuing statements that attack the prosecutor, his staff, potential witnesses or any members of the court, including their families.
Instead, he refused to restrict comments that disparage Joe Biden’s Administration or the Department of Justice, whom Trump accuses of carrying out a witch hunt against him.
During the hearing, John Lauro, the former president’s lawyer, described the censorship order and believed that it is impossible to apply it because Trump is campaigning in the Republican primaries for the 2024 elections.
Trump, who faces four criminal charges, has used social media to criticize and insult prosecutors, judges, court personnel, witnesses and political rivals.
The Republican is accused in the District of Columbia of having tried to reverse the result of the 2020 elections that he lost against Joe Biden and of having instigated the assault on the Capitol by thousands of people to stop the ratification of the Democrat’s victory on the 6th. January 2021.
Trump also faces an accusation in New York for irregular payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels, another in Florida for having taken classified documents from the White House without permission and another in Georgia for having tried to alter the electoral results in that state.
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