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Former President Donald Trump slammed what helium described arsenic an "unconstitutional" gag bid imposed connected him during his proceedings successful Manhattan, portion pinning blasted for the proceedings and ongoing anti-Israel protests unfolding connected assemblage campuses nationwide connected President Biden.
"We person a gag order, which to maine is wholly unconstitutional. I'm not allowed to talk, but radical are allowed to speech astir me. So they tin speech astir me," Trump said extracurricular the courtroom. "They tin accidental immoderate they want, they tin lie, but I'm not allowed to accidental anything. I conscionable person to beryllium backmost and look astatine wherefore a conflicted justice has ordered maine to person gag order," helium said.
"I don't deliberation anybody's ever seen thing similar this. I'd emotion to speech to you people. I'd emotion to accidental everything that's connected my mind, but I'm restricted due to the fact that I person a gag order," helium continued.
Trump was backmost successful tribunal connected Tuesday, erstwhile presiding Judge Juan Merchan held a proceeding connected the prosecution's petition that Trump beryllium held successful contempt for violating a gag order. Merchan imposed the gag bid connected Trump earlier the proceedings began, ordering Trump 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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Former president Donald Trump, center, awaits the commencement of proceedings astatine Manhattan transgression court, Monday, April 22, 2024, successful New York. Opening statements successful Donald Trumps historical hush wealth proceedings are acceptable to begin. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)
Prosecutors presented 10 instances of Trump allegedly violating the gag bid successful societal media posts during the hearing. The DA’s bureau argues helium should wage a $1,000 good each for a fistful of the instances.
Trump’s ineligible squad pushed backmost that the posts successful question were examples of the 45th president responding to attacks.
Merchan has not issued a determination yet connected whether Trump is recovered successful contempt. He did pass the Trump defence squad that they were "losing each credibility" during the hearing.
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"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 told Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche.
A tribunal sketch depicts erstwhile President Donald Trump’s quality successful Manhattan Criminal Court successful New York connected Friday, April 19, 2024. Trump’s transgression proceedings is successful its 4th time of assemblage selection. (Christine Cornell)
"I person to archer you close now, you’re losing each credibility successful the court," Merchan added.
President Joe Biden speaks astatine Abbotts Creek Community Center during an lawsuit to beforehand his economical docket successful Raleigh, North Carolina, connected January 18, 2024. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump continued successful his comments aft tribunal wrapped up for the time that the ongoing anti-Israel demonstrations raging connected immoderate of the nation’s astir elite assemblage campuses are "Biden’s fault," successful summation to the proceedings itself.
"That's Biden's fault," helium said of the schoolhouse protests. "And by the way, this proceedings is each Biden."
"He can't enactment 2 sentences again, but he's retired campaigning," Trump continued of Biden. "He's retired campaigning. And I'm here successful a courtroom sitting present … sitting up arsenic consecutive arsenic I tin each time long. Because you cognize what? It's a precise unfair situation."
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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)
Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying concern records successful the archetypal degree. He has pleaded not blameworthy to each counts.
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The proceedings 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 Trump 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.
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