For the sake of this argument, if you wanted to align with Judge Chutkan on the need for a gag order, you would first need to clarify if Mark Meadows was a witness for the Jack Smith prosecution. Absent an actual witness list, the remarks by President Trump have to be stretched to encompass potential witnesses or foreseeable witnesses. That’s what Judge Chutkan decided. Anyone who might be a witness is protected by the gag order forbidding President Trump from talking about them.
Jack Smith baited President Trump by leaking a story to ABC News saying Mark Meadows warned President Trump that Biden’s 2020 election win was legitimate. It never happened, but the leak and story were bait to get President Trump to respond – thereby creating the dynamic that would lead to the gag order. The Lawfare worked.
I do not fault President Trump for responding to the ABC News article, he should have every right to speak about false assertions against him. In reality, Jack Smith knew Judge Chutkan wanted to reaffirm the gag order, so he just provided her the legal tool to do it. When dealing with corruption, that’s how Lawfare operates.
WASHINGTON DC – […] Chutkan reiterated that her decision to issue the original gag order earlier this month was rooted in evidence that Trump’s public attacks on witnesses, prosecutors and court personnel have routinely resulted in threats and harassment jeopardizing their safety and her duty to protect the “orderly administration of justice.” In such cases, she said, the Supreme Court and other legal precedents and rules have supported gag orders as a tool to protect the public’s interest in a fair trial.
[…] Chutkan noted that despite the clear problems with the Meadows statement, she would not act on it because the order had not been in effect. She noted that for any potential violations in the future, she would not reach any conclusions before giving both Trump and prosecutors a chance to “provide their positions on the statement’s meaning and permissibility.” (read more)
“I do not fault President Trump for responding to the ABC News article, he should have every right to speak about false assertions against him. In reality, Jack Smith knew Judge Chutkan wanted to reaffirm the gag order, so he just provided her the legal tool to do it. When dealing with corruption, that’s how Lawfare operates.”
no question about it: if there was EVER A REASON TO REFUSE TO OBEY A GAG ORDER, THIS IS THE CASE TO DO IT.
President Trump is defending himself. He is not above or below the law. His rights to express his views, his satire, his cynicism, his ideas, his insults, his personal attacks…even foul language. These ARE PROTECTED RIGHTS. This court judge will never be able to control THAT. And because President Trump is nobodies huckleberry, you can bank on it: he ain’t going to shrink away and be quieted. I know I DAMNED SURE WOULD NOT BE QUIET.
this is NOT CHINA> This is the US. This is where you can say what you want, how you want, to anyone. And that applies to courts and judges, prosecutors and witnesses and government officials and political opponents.
THE MAN IS RUNNING FOR OFFICE. His voice, at all times, must be allowed unchecked…
we will judge him in the polls.
simple as that.
not above, and not below the law. Just a MAN fighting to force these corruptors to realize they made bad choices…really bad choices. And to remind the American People: BE UNAFRAID. PUNCH BACK AT BULLIES.
God Bless America
the process is called Vetting. (letting a candidate speak)
same reason Obama was “approved” beyond his history, because the ‘American People spoke’ and thats considered vetted
are you that stupid or just pretending? nobody could vet Obama, because nobody could access his history.
Uh, no. Obama was installed, not approved. Tha American people had nothing to do with the “election” of Barry Parks to POTUS.
“this is NOT CHINA”.
Yet.
These wicked wretches will burn in a lake of fire.
I know, isn’t it delicious to contemplate??
I thought it disturbing that a judege who presumably has studied the Constitution, and it’s history, would make the remark that the 1st Amendment does not give anyone the right to vilify public servants who are just trying to do their jobs. I believe that this is precisely the reason that we have the 1st Amendment, to vilify public servants, like King George III and Parliament.
Affirmative action “judges” need not study the Constitution.
the Cuban Constitution
“!The Hardest Working Man In Che Business!”
Nor study at all. These AA judges, lawyers and Dr.s are so stupid they actually are proud of themselves.
They all deserve a nice helicopter ride, just one example would have them all resigning. Commie Chutkan should be that first example
Retired Magistrate here: These liberal “judges” think that the Constitution is just a suggestion, is always evolving and that it can be changed at will, especially in their courtroom.
everything is wobbly and prone to redefinition for them. they know no absolutes. God will have the final verdict.
Her Jamaican, Marxist Father must be proud
What does anyone expect when we have a Federal Judge whose formative education is founded in another country based on communist principles and her ancestral background (father and grandfather) are well known communists; so extreme, they were booted OUT!!!
You knew I was a SNAKE when you took me in!
Fornication Under Consent of the King her!
I see what you did there !
These people are so evil.
Eff her.
I want to see her papers.
I can see them all huddled in a small conference room the Geniuses that they think they be…. planning each word, each step in the plan, each detail…
I think it all backfires on them, big time and they are totally and fully embarrassed by the sunlight (truth) that will be shined on them in the near future…
How do these people like Chutkan and Smith secure these positions? Everyone is found out sooner or later…
Corrupt connections. You have to be corrupt to ascend the ladders there.
They have no shame, nor do they have the capacity to be embarrassed.
Embarrassed? That’s it?
The corruption of the DC Justice system has reached epic and dangerous proportions and Trump’s 46% vote count is very concerning to me as too low given the circumstances. However, that poll doesn’t include all general election voters I believe.
Anyone that likes Mark Steyn and has appreciated all that he has done to speak the truth and hammer the corrupt Justice system and so on can read his latest column “For Want of a Judge” regarding his defense against Mann’s defamation suit that began in 2012 and has had (according to Mark) 3 incompetent (or other) judges dragging the case out. A competent and fair judge was transferred before she could end the fiasco. P Trump is not alone in being hounded by Lawfare etc.
It’s a brutal story where the last judge accused Steyn of faking his 2-3 heart attacks and demanded proof until his French cardiologists convinced the judge. Steyn has just flown down to D.C. and when he headed to the courtroom, he was informed the trial has been cancelled “due to illness” but no proof of this “illness” was provided him. He couldn’t book a return flight today. He’s spent about $4 million on his defense so far which is often more on the offensive as he doesn’t hold back his scorn. His site also has 3 lengthy virtual depositions he gave in 2020 during COVID. Mask laws are still in effect in D.C. so he will have to wear a mask for the 3 or 4 weeks the trial might take if it ever happens. Somebody is hoping Steyn will die before then like 2 of his witnesses already have.
https://www.steynonline.com/13897/for-want-of-a-judge
These people are evil incarnate.
Tyrant should be disbarred.
Chitkan should be IMPEACHED and EXPELLED FROM THE USA…go back to your communist hellhole…
So, according to the cabal, anyone on the planet could be a witness?
We’re all potential witnesses??
Well………I guess that means we ALL need to descend upon the courthouse so that we can let our statements be heard.
It’s our civic duty.
Absolute bull$hit. The man is facing decades in prison, he has every freaking right to scream from the mountain tops as much as he sees fit about how much of a farce every charge against him is .
Centuries. President Trump the great is in for a maximum of 700 years in Federal Prison for giving US 4 years of peace and prosperity. I am tied os Shitcan and the Mulatto that pulls the Communist’s strings.
People continue to seek justice in places where it’s not allowed.
President Trump is strong and brave. This totalitarian judge will be on the receiving end of true justice some day.
Expect her to be over-ruled…the pressure for the court system to respond to this fraud will be monumental when all is said and done.
Do NOT underestimate Donald J. Trump….
She’s really enjoying this harassment of the former president.
True, after all she’s a demon.
The thing is, regarding this,…Hillary is absolutely right.
“In the end, what difference does it make?”
In the end, when all is said and done, PDJT WILL win this case, the actual case he is being tried on, will have any convictions overturned on appeal.
Because the case is WITHOUT ANY LEGAL MERIT.
And, in all likelihood, PDJT will win any challeges/appeals to this gag order, cause its un-Constitutional, overly broad, vatgue etc.
And, most relevent, this case, and the other cases pending will NOT adversely effect his campaigning, nor will they give ligitmate justification to the RNC to refuse him the nomination, nor justify keeping him off any State ballots.
They are annoying, they are bread and circuses, but in the end they are meaningless.
They may well actually have some long term positive effects, in a number of ways.
First off, they seem to have galvanised and increased his support, in a kind of ‘martyerdom’ type effect.
Secondly, they will actually give PDJT the opportunity to present evidence of election theft, they had successfully blocked before now.
Thirdly, they will specifically answer questions never before asked, and clarify the answer with court rulings.
Clarifications highly beneficial to PDJT in a second term, …
I pray that God will render swift justice on these demon filled souls.
A number of analysts think that Trump should push them into putting him in jail now. The idea is that this is what the Dems want to do, and potentially plan to do next fall, after forcing Trump to walk on egg shells for the next 10 or 12 months, defensively abiding by these corrupt rulings. Instead, he should force them to jail him NOW, so that this issue can make its way to the Supreme Court.
Lock her up.
Our corrupt justice system on display once again.
First of all, where is the proof that anybody President Trump has talked about has received any threats? Secondly, I would bet any amount of money that President Trump has received more threats due to lawfare than any person he may have talked about; shouldn’t Jack Smith, therefore, have a gag order placed on him and his minions?
Exactly. All Trumps witnesses will be harassed and intimidated by the left, so a gag order should be filed preventing the judge, JS, and any of the prosecution from saying anything. His witnesses are just trying to do what is right in defending Trump and all the government prosecution leaks and comments are causing threats to anyone simply doing their civic duty.
Does anyone doubt this?
What you must understand when the Deep State went full bore after Trump as he posed too great a threat to the Swamp and their vested interests. The CIA had their profilers construct a full psychological workup of Trump, looking for holes to exploit and how to play him. It’s the same they do to every foreign leader and dignitary, and likely our own domestic political figures.
While Trump has been far cagier and smarter in my time than just about any American politician, they literally have teams anticipating his behavior and then strategizing based on it. These are weapons-grade intelligence units who normally don’t play in domestic politics.
Her actions demand that Judicial immunity must be revoked. I realize it potentially makes lawfare a more common practice but if the upper courts won’t police the lower courts then it’s likely the only way to end the idiocy.
How dare Trump speak about the kangaroo court system to inform the public it exists. Someone falsely accused has no right to defend himself in public while a rogue prosecutor leaks false stories to the fake news media to influence public opinion .
He’s been jailed over violating it apparently