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☆ Trump gag order reinstated in Jack Smith federal election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A federal judge reimposed a gag order on Donald Trump in his criminal election interference case, rejecting Trump's arguments that the restrictions on his speech were unconstitutional. Trump called Barr "dumb" and "weak" and a "loser," in response to Barr's remarks at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics last week. A spokesman for special counsel Jack Smith, whose team is prosecuting the case, declined to comment on whether Trump's latest attack on Barr violated the gag order. Lawyers for Trump had asked for a longer stay of the gag order while they appealed it in a higher court. Trump has already violated that gag order twice, drawing a total of $15,000 in penalties.

Persons: Donald Trump, Tanya Chutkan, Chutkan, Trump, Mark Meadows, William Barr, Barr, Jack Smith, Smith, Joe Biden, Neal Katyal, Obama Organizations: Trump, Republican, White, University of Chicago's Institute, Politics, Lawyers Locations: Washington, Meadows, U.S, New York

Former President Donald Trump faces a key week ahead, and yet again the drama won’t be on the campaign trail but in the courtroom as the GOP front-runner’s children prepare to testify before a judge. Ivanka Trump was initially listed as a co-defendant, but a New York appeals court dismissed that status, finding that the claims against her were too old. Chutkan had imposed a narrow gag order on Trump earlier this month, barring him from making public statements targeting prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses. But she paused the gag order to allow Trump’s defense team time to argue why his speech should not be restricted. The ACLU has sided with Trump, arguing that the gag order is a violation of First Amendment free speech protections.

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☆ Judge reinstates gag order on Trump in federal election subversion case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s federal election subversion criminal case has reinstated the gag order she issued on the former president earlier this month. US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Sunday denied Trump’s request to pause the order while his appeal of it plays out. She also lifted a temporary freeze on the gag order that she issued on October 20 while she considered his request. The gag order, which was limited in scope, had prohibited Trump from making certain statements about the special counsel’s team or potential witnesses, including any comments that directly targeted court personnel, potential witnesses or the special counsel and his staff. This is a breaking story and will be updated.

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☆ Judge Reinstates Gag Order in Trump Federal Election Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Sunday reinstated a gag order she imposed on Donald Trump in the Washington case accusing him of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat, denying his bid for a stay pending appeal. The order prohibited Trump from targeting the special counsel prosecuting his case or witnesses who might be called to testify about his efforts to upend his election loss. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan imposed the gag order at the Justice Department's request. A copy of the judge's written decision reinstating the gag order was not immediately available. Trump in the past has called Special Counsel Jack Smith a "deranged lunatic" and a "thug," among other insults.

Persons: Donald Trump, Tanya Chutkan, Department's, Trump, Jack Smith, Democrat Joe Biden, Brad Heath, Dan Whitcomb, Michelle Nichols, Diane Craft, Gerry Doyle Organizations: WASHINGTON, Trump, U.S, Biden Administration, New, Democrat Locations: Washington, New York

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks to supporters at the Club 47 USA event in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON Oct 29 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Sunday reinstated a gag order she imposed on Donald Trump in the Washington case accusing him of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat, denying his bid for a stay pending appeal. The order prohibited Trump from targeting the special counsel prosecuting his case or witnesses who might be called to testify about his efforts to upend his election loss. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan imposed the gag order at the Justice Department's request. Trump in the past has called Special Counsel Jack Smith a "deranged lunatic" and a "thug," among other insults.

Persons: Donald Trump, Shannon Stapleton, Tanya Chutkan, Department's, Jack Smith, Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Dan Whitcomb, Michelle Nichols, Diane Craft Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Trump, New, Democrat, Thomson Locations: West Palm Beach , Florida, U.S, Washington, New York

☆ US judge asks Trump if he wants his federal election trial televised
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday asked former President Donald Trump whether he wants to appear on television when he stands trial in federal court on charges of attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Trump has made extensive comments to TV cameras staked outside a New York state courtroom, where he is currently standing trial on civil business-fraud charges. Federal courts, unlike many state courts, bar TV cameras and photography in courtrooms. Proceedings in a separate criminal election-subversion case in Georgia involving Trump and more than a dozen other defendants have been televised.

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Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal judge to reimpose and broaden a gag order on Donald Trump, outlining how the former president has used the short window of time since the original gag order was lifted to attack and intimidate witnesses. But Chutkan paused the gag order last week to allow Trump’s defense team time to argue why his speech should not be restricted. The ACLU has since sided with Trump, arguing that the gag order is a violation of First Amendment free speech protections. It took only days, though, for Trump to give Smith more ammunition for why the gag order is necessary. In response to the news, Trump took to his TruthSocial account to address Meadows.

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☆ US Judge Asks Trump if He Wants His Federal Election Trial Televised
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Andrew GoudswardWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday asked former President Donald Trump whether he wants to appear on television when he stands trial in federal court on charges of attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington asked Trump’s lawyers to give their opinion by Nov. 10 on media requests to broadcast the trial, which is scheduled to begin in March 2024. They argue that a federal rule barring broadcast of criminal proceedings is unconstitutional. Trump has made extensive comments to TV cameras staked outside a New York state courtroom, where he is currently standing trial on civil business-fraud charges. Proceedings in a separate criminal election-subversion case in Georgia involving Trump and more than a dozen other defendants have been televised.

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☆ Trump is forced to play by the rules in court and doesn’t like it
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

First, Trump appeared to make a new attack on the judge’s clerk in defiance of a gag order. It was not the first time Trump was fined for violating the gag order. As lawyers try the case inside the courtroom, Trump’s conducting his own public trial outside in the corridor. Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the federal election subversion trial in Washington, is having a similar problem. Trump has demonstrated throughout a business and political career known for impunity that he can act and speak how he pleases.

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☆ Jack Smith says Trump is 'threatening' witness, asks judge in DC case to reimpose gag order
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Trump has "capitalized" on the temporary suspension of his partial gag order to "send an unmistakable and threatening message to a foreseeable witness in this case," Smith wrote in a filing Wednesday night in U.S. District Court in Washington. wrote Trump. "The defendant has not remotely been 'silenced,'" Smith wrote in Wednesday's filing. Smith urged the judge to lift the pause on her gag order, and to reject Trump's bid for a broader stay pending appeal. "Unless the Court lifts the administrative stay, the defendant will not stop his harmful and prejudicial attacks," Smith wrote.

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☆ ACLU urges judge to reconsider Trump gag order in DC election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks to supporters at the Club 47 USA event in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. October 11, 2023. It allows Trump to criticize the U.S. Justice Department and to denounce the prosecution as politically motivated. Chutkan issued the order after finding that Trump’s social media posts and public comments risk influencing witnesses and prompting threats and harassment against public officials. The judge has previously denied requests from outside organizations to file briefs in the case. The ACLU has been a vocal critic of Trump and frequently challenged his administration’s policies while he was in the White House.

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☆ ACLU says Trump gag order in DC election interference case violates First Amendment
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, October 25, 2023. The American Civil Liberties Union argued Wednesday that the gag order slapped on former President Donald Trump in his federal election interference case violates the U.S. Constitution. The ACLU, a frequent and vocal critic of Trump that applauded his criminal indictment in the federal case in Washington, D.C., said that the restrictions placed on his speech run afoul of the First Amendment. "No modern-day president did more damage to civil liberties and civil rights than President Trump," said the group's executive director, Anthony Romero, in a press release. "But if we allow his free speech rights to be abridged, we know that other unpopular voices — even ones we agree with — will also be silenced," Romero said.

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☆ Trump Files New Arguments for Dismissal of Election-Interference Charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WSJ breaks down four separate indictments that former President Donald Trump is facing—and what they mean for his 2024 campaign. Photo Illustration: Annie ZhaoWASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s lawyers stepped up their challenges to federal charges that the former president conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss, arguing in court filings that the indictment violates his free-speech rights and targets him because he is President Biden’s chief rival for the White House in 2024. The long-shot legal motions represent Trump’s latest effort to have dismissed his federal election-interference prosecution and add to a mounting pile of requests under consideration by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan , who has indicated she has a low tolerance for politics in her courtroom.

Persons: Donald Trump, Annie Zhao WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s, Biden’s, Tanya Chutkan Organizations: White House, U.S

☆ Opinion: If successful, this case could be the most dangerous to Trump’s 2024 presidential run
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Dean Obeidallah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But the case that may pose the greatest threat to Trump’s candidacy in 2024 is not one of his criminal cases. We are confident the rule of law will prevail, and this decision will be reversed — whether at the Colorado Supreme Court, or at the US Supreme Court,” a Trump campaign spokesperson said. But the Colorado case could be the one that makes it to our nation’s highest court. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was intended to keep former Confederates from holding office after the war. The state’s Supreme Court rejected Griffin’s final appeal to overturn the decision earlier this year.

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☆ Two Trump co-defendants plead guilty. What next?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Sidney Powell , a public face of Trump’s attempts to challenge the election results in 2020 and 2021, pleaded guilty Thursday. The former Trump attorney willavoid jail time but agreed to testify as a witness and pleaded guilty to six misdemeanors for conspiracy to commitintentional interference, downgraded from felony charges she had faced. He pleaded guilty Friday to a single felony, conspiracy to commit filingfalse documents. Trial dates have not been set, and Trump has pleaded not guilty. But guilty pleas, Williams said, are now evidence that crimes were committed as Trump tried to make Joe Biden’s 2020 victory disappear.

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☆ Judge raises possibility of imprisonment for Trump for violating gag order, NBC reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | October | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"Despite this order, last night I learned the offending post was never removed from a website. This is a blatant violation of the gag order. The trial could lead to the dismantling of Trump's business empire as he seeks to regain the presidency in 2024. The frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination for the presidency was also hit with a partial gag order in a federal criminal case accusing him of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington on Monday barred him from verbally attacking U.S. prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses, pointing to disparaging social media posts.

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Former President Donald Trump is facing four separate indictments at both state and federal levels. WSJ breaks down each of the indictments and what they mean for his 2024 presidential campaign. Photo Illustration: Annie ZhaoJustice might be blind, but the two separate federal prosecutions of former President Donald Trump are showing how differently judges mete it out, coloring the pace and tenor of the high-profile cases months before they come to trial. In a courthouse blocks from the U.S. Capitol, the judge presiding over Trump’s trial on charges of conspiring to reverse the 2020 presidential election agreed this week with prosecutors arguing that the former president’s attacks on the special counsel team and potential witnesses threatened the integrity of the case and should be restricted. When Trump’s lawyer said existing limits on Trump’s contact with witnesses sufficed, the judge, Tanya Chutkan , laughed.

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☆ Judge temporarily lifts Trump gag order in federal 2020 election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | October | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, U.S., October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily lifted a partial gag order she had imposed limiting Donald Trump's public statements about the federal criminal case in which the former president is accusing of illegally attempting to undo his 2020 election loss. Lawyers for Trump on Friday asked Chutkan to lift the restrictions while he asks a U.S. appeals court to strike down an order by the judge that they called "breathtakingly overbroad." Chutkan on Monday barred Trump from making public statements that "target" Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is prosecuting the case, and members of his staff. The order also prohibits Trump from making comments disparaging court staff and potential witnesses in the case.

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☆ Fact Check: No evidence of Trump post on ‘Judge Chutney’ after partial gag order
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

There is no evidence that former U.S. President Donald Trump published a Truth Social post saying that a district judge has “dared to put herself above the first amendment,” despite a screenshot circulating online. The screenshot appears as a post apparently published via Trump’s official Truth Social account (@realDonaldTrump) and reads, in part, “DO YOU THINK I WILL BE GAGGED? While it is true that Trump called the partial gag order “unconstitutional” in a Truth Social post published on Oct. 16, Reuters found no evidence that the all-caps post circulating online ever appeared on his feed. The statement is not found on Trump’s Truth Social account, nor could Reuters find credible reports saying that Trump published the post. There is no evidence that former President Trump posted the statement.

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☆ Judge raises possibility of imprisonment for Trump for violating gag order -NBC News
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | Pm Utc | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"Despite this order, last night I learned the offending post was never removed from a website. This is a blatant violation of the gag order. The frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination for the presidency was also hit with a partial gag order in a federal criminal case accusing him of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington on Monday barred him from verbally attacking U.S. prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses, pointing to disparaging social media posts. Trump plans to appeal that order.

☆ Judge bars Trump from 'smear campaign' against prosecutors, witnesses
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Speaking at a campaign rally in Iowa on Monday, Trump called the judge's order "unconstitutional" and vowed to appeal it. "I'll be the only politician in history that runs with a gag order where I'm not allowed to criticize people," Trump told supporters. The order bars Trump, frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and attorneys in the case from personally targeting Special Counsel Jack Smith, prosecutors working with him and court staff. Prosecutors sought a limited gag order that would bar certain statements from Trump during the case. The judge said she would allow Trump to make critical statements about the U.S. Justice Department and that denounce the prosecution as politically motivated.

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☆ Trump appeals gag order in DC election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a Manhattan courthouse trial in a civil fraud case in New York, October 17, 2023. Attorneys for Donald Trump said Tuesday said they will appeal the partial gag order imposed on the former president in his federal election interference case in Washington, D.C.Trump had vowed to challenge U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan's gag order, which bars him from public statements targeting special counsel Jack Smith, potential witnesses and others. Chutkan wrote in the order that Trump's statements attacking various people involved in the criminal case posed "grave threats to the integrity of these proceedings." Trump has claimed that the order will hamper his ability to speak on the 2024 presidential campaign trail. "They put a gag order on me, and I'm not supposed to be talking about things that bad people do."

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☆ Trump statements pose 'grave threats' that justify gag order, judge says in DC election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump made statements that threatened the integrity of his criminal election interference case, a federal judge said Tuesday as she detailed her decision to impose a partial gag order on the former president. The statements "pose sufficiently grave threats to the integrity of these proceedings that cannot be addressed by alternative means," the judge wrote. The gag order on Trump has been tailored "to meet the force of those threats," she added. Trump has vowed to appeal Chutkan's ruling, claiming that the gag order will hamper his ability to speak on the 2024 presidential campaign trail. Chutkan delivered that ruling from the bench Monday after hearing arguments from a federal prosecutor for special counsel Jack Smith, who sought the gag order, and a lawyer for Trump, who opposed any restrictions on his speech.

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☆ Trump seeks appeal of partial gag order in 2020 federal election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a Manhattan courthouse trial in a civil fraud case in New York, U.S., October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Lawyers for Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a notice to appeal a partial gag order in the case accusing the former U.S. President of illegally attempting to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington on Monday barred Trump from making public statements that "target" U.S. prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses involved in the case. The judge found that Trump's public statements and social media posts may influence witnesses and lead to threats and harassment against lawyers and other "public servants." The gag order allows Trump to continue criticizing the U.S. Justice Department and denounce the prosecution as politically motivated.

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☆ All the people Donald Trump can't insult anymore or he'd risk violating court orders
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The federal judge in Trump's election interference case issued a gag order against him on Monday. Another gag order was issued by the judge in Trump's New York civil fraud trial earlier this month. AdvertisementAdvertisementThanks to a couple of gag orders against him, there's a bunch of people Donald Trump can't insult anymore — unless he wants to risk violating court orders. Earlier this month, Justice Arthur Engoron issued a gag order in Trump's New York civil fraud trial when Trump singled out one of Engoron's clerks online. At a campaign rally soon after Chutkan's order, Trump attacked her, calling her ruling "unconstitutional" and saying "her whole life is not liking me."

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