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Judge Juan Merchan told President Donald Trump’s defence squad they were "losing each credibility" during a Tuesday proceeding connected whether the 45th president violated a gag bid successful the Manhattan transgression trial.
"I person to archer you close now, you’re losing each credibility successful the court," Merchan told Trump lawyer Todd Blanche connected Tuesday.
Tuesday’s tribunal proceedings began with Merchan proceeding the prosecution's petition that Trump beryllium held successful contempt for violating a gag bid that bans him from speaking publically astir witnesses and household members of tribunal officials.
Merchan imposed the gag bid connected Trump earlier the proceedings began, ordering him to abstain from making comments — oregon directing others to marque comments — regarding witnesses’ imaginable information oregon the prosecution team. The gag bid does let Trump to publically talk astir District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
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Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo makes opening statements arsenic erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump watches with his lawyer Todd Blanche earlier Justice Juan Merchan during Trump's transgression proceedings connected charges that helium falsified concern records to conceal wealth 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 bureau past week argued that Trump violated the bid connected respective occasions, including connected societal media, and argued helium should wage a $1,000 good each for a fistful of the instances. Prosecutors alleged Tuesday that Trump violated the bid a full of 10 times.
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The defence squad argued successful the proceeding that Trump was responding to attacks erstwhile helium made comments allegedly violating the order. Merchan pressed Blanche to supply instances of wherever Trump was responding to a circumstantial incident.
"I’ve asked you 8 oregon 9 times, ‘show maine the nonstop station that helium was responding to’ and you haven’t been capable to bash that once," Merchan said.
The defence squad argued that Trump did not interruption the bid and should not look penalties.
Judge Juan Merchan poses for a representation successful his chambers, Thursday, March 14, 2024, successful New York. A twelve Manhattan residents are soon to go the archetypal Americans ever to beryllium successful judgement of a erstwhile president charged with a crime. Jury enactment is acceptable to commencement Monday successful erstwhile President Donald Trump's hush-money trial. (AP Photos)
Trump has repeatedly slammed the 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 representation of maine down bars, her evident goal, and makes it wholly intolerable for maine to get a just trial) has present issued different illegal, un-American, unConstitutional ‘order,’ arsenic helium continues to effort and instrumentality distant my Rights," Trump posted connected Truth Social past period aft helium was fixed a gag bid limiting what helium could publically accidental astir the case.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media arsenic helium leaves tribunal during his proceedings for allegedly covering up hush wealth payments astatine Manhattan Criminal Court on April 22, 2024 successful New York City. Former President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying concern records successful the archetypal of his transgression cases to spell to trial. (Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images)
Following the gag bid hearing, the proceedings volition proceed until 2 p.m. Tuesday. The tribunal is expected to again perceive from the prosecution's archetypal witness, erstwhile media steadfast David Pecker.
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Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying concern records successful the archetypal degree. He has pleaded not blameworthy to each counts.
The proceedings itself focuses connected Trump’s erstwhile idiosyncratic lawyer Michael Cohen paying erstwhile pornographic histrion Stormy Daniels $130,000 to allegedly quiescent her claims of an alleged extramarital matter she had with the then-real property tycoon successful the aboriginal 2000s. Trump has denied having an matter with Daniels.
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Prosecutors allege that the Trump Organization reimbursed Cohen and fraudulently logged the payments arsenic ineligible expenses. Prosecutors are moving to beryllium that Trump falsified records with an intent to perpetrate oregon conceal a 2nd crime, which is simply a felony.
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