Trump is limited in what he can say about his court case. His GOP allies are showing up to help

Former President Donald Trump is constricted successful what helium tin publically accidental arsenic helium fights charges that helium made payments to a porn histrion to illegally power the 2016 election. But he's getting assistance from immoderate GOP allies who are gladsome to amusement up and talk.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida was the latest surrogate to travel Trump, joining him Thursday for the 14th time of his hush wealth proceedings successful New York. Last week, it was Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton who joined the presumptive GOP statesmanlike nominee.

The Republicans’ courtroom beingness tin assistance Trump link with constituents portion he's stuck successful tribunal and feeling the unit of a gag bid placed connected him by the judge. Both Scott and Paxton person been done ineligible troubles of their own, and person railed against what they telephone politically motivated prosecutions — a connection that echoes Trump's own. And portion having friends by one's broadside is simply a communal signifier encouraged by attorneys to amusement enactment for defendants successful court, it's besides a accidental for Trump's friends to publically show their loyalty to the person of the GOP.

Scott started his time Thursday arsenic the 6 a.m. impermanent connected the greeting amusement “Fox & Friends.” He aboriginal entered the courtroom down Trump and witnessed the tense speech betwixt Stormy Daniels and Trump’s defence lawyer arsenic they were going implicit the alleged 2006 intersexual brushwood betwixt the erstwhile president and the porn actor.

The legislator filed into the archetypal enactment of the courtroom assemblage down the defence table, joining Trump’s entourage, and spoke with Trump lawyer and spokesperson Alina Habba earlier taking a seat.

After an hr and a half, Scott near the courtroom and walked crossed the thoroughfare to talk to quality outlets. There, helium commented connected a a taxable Trump has been ordered not to, bringing up Judge Juan Merchan’s girl and saying she was a governmental operative who raises wealth for Democrats.

“This is conscionable a clump of Democrats saying we privation to marque definite that Donald Trump can’t talk," Scott said. "Then they’ve got a gag order, truthful helium can’t spell campaign. They’ve got him holed up successful a courtroom.”

The gag bid prohibits Trump from making oregon directing others to marque nationalist statements astir radical connected to the case, including the judge’s family.

Scott denied his beingness had thing to bash with the gag order.

“No. I’m fed up,” helium said. “This is conscionable simply they don’t privation this feline connected the ballot.”

Paxton did not talk publically erstwhile helium joined Trump past week, but helium gave interviews aboriginal to Fox Business and Newsmax astir the trial, calling it “perversion of justice.”

“This is tyrannical, and to halt him from speaking retired and defending himself and support him from fundamentally campaigning, I deliberation is hard to judge and I anticipation the American radical bash not enactment up with this,” Paxton told Fox Business the time after.

David Weinstein, a ineligible expert and erstwhile national prosecutor, said Trump can’t straight oregon indirectly comment, adding that an indirect remark would see a person saying thing Trump shared oregon told. But surrogates similar Scott are escaped to speak.

“They tin accidental immoderate they privation to say. They are not bound by a gag order,” helium said.

Weinstein said Trump is not lone connected proceedings for the crimes helium is charged with, but he's besides earlier the tribunal of sentiment portion trying to triumph an election.

“He tin bring different radical in, tin amusement constituents of different states that helium has the backing of different politicians,” helium said. “This is simply a governmental and a nationalist relations tactic. It’s got thing to bash with his defense.”

Trump's attorneys person argued against the gag order, saying the erstwhile president should beryllium allowed to respond to Daniels' testimony. But Merchan connected Thursday refused a petition to modify it.

Gustavo Lage, a transgression defence attorney, said it is arguable arsenic to what grade this gag bid applies.

“I deliberation the tribunal would person a hard clip saying that a 3rd enactment can’t dependable their sentiment oregon their feelings astir a trial,” Lage said.

As acold arsenic connecting with voters by bringing successful surrogates and allies, Lage said that should not beryllium applicable successful court.

“I don’t deliberation that is thing the tribunal could oregon should power arsenic agelong arsenic it doesn’t interfere with the medication of justness successful the courtroom," helium said.