At a rally in Clive, Iowa on Monday, former President Donald Trump generated attention when responding to a partial gag order issued by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan earlier that day at the request of Special Counsel Jack Smith.
The order was placed due to Smith’s team claiming that Trump’s statements on social media or elsewhere posed a risk to court staff, the court itself, and federal officers associated with the trial.
They further asserted that Trump was attempting to influence potential jurors prior to his trial.
Judge Chutkan cited First Amendment protections during her ruling and proclaimed: “His presidential candidacy does not give him carte blanche to vilify … public servants who are simply doing their job.”
Despite this, Trump appeared unwavering in his stance while at the rally and even vowed to go as far as jail time in an effort to express himself freely regarding his legal proceedings for 2024 campaign cycle preparations.
“They’re getting beaten very badly by me in the polls. They think the only way they can catch me is to stop me from speaking, they want to take away my voice. A judge gave a gag order today. Did you hear that? On speech. Which I believe is totally unconstitutional, what she did,” Trump said at one point, according to a video posted by RSBN to the X platform.
“A judge gave a gag order. A judge doesn’t like me too much. Her whole life is not liking me,” he continued.
“She gave me a gag order. Do you know what a gag order is? You can’t speak badly about your opponent,” he continued. “But this is weaponry all being done because Joe Biden is losing the election. And losing very, very badly to all of us in the polls.”
Trump then made this vow: “But what they don’t understand is that I am willing to go to jail if that’s what it takes for our country to win and to become a democracy again.”
Given the ex-president’s recent use of social media as a weapon of intimidation during his New York civil fraud trial last week, it is unclear how jailing him would be practically implemented in light of his entitlement to Secret Service protection 24/7 by law.
“Given that the defendant—after apparently reviewing opposition research on court staff—chose to use social media to publicly attack a court staffer, there is cause for concern about what he may do with social media research on potential jurors in this case,” Smith wrote in the motion.
Smith wrote that protections for prospective jurors are necessary for a number of reasons, but “chief among them is the defendant’s continued use of social media as a weapon of intimidation in court proceedings.”
Smith recently urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to implement reasonable and standard restrictions in order to limit the ability of parties involved in a case to conduct research on potential jurors during jury selection and trial, as well as to use juror research.
Furthermore, he requested strict enforcement of standard practices designed to shield juror identities from public knowledge.
This comes after his attempt to implicate another Republican in his investigation regarding the Capitol riot was thwarted.
The Court ruled that granting Smith access to Rep. Scott Perry’s (R-Pa.) phone records would be a breach of Perry’s immunity under the Constitution’s “speech and debate” clause.
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A little good news from the Supreme Court….
Supreme Court Aims to Resolve Dispute Surrounding 2020 Presidential Election
Posted by Michael Blake
October 17, 2023
silvercircular. com/supreme-court-aims-to-resolve-dispute-surrounding-2020-presidential-election-2/
The Gateway Pundit reported:
by Tim Canova
While there has been much public attention on the U.S. Supreme Court’s present consideration of the “independent state legislature” theory in Moore v. Harper involving North Carolina’s redistricting, that case would not immediately upend the 2020 Presidential Election. In contrast, a little-known case that appeared recently on the Court docket could do just that. The case of Brunson v. Adams, not even reported in the mainstream media, was filed pro se by ordinary American citizens – four brothers from Utah — seeking the removal of President Biden and Vice President Harris, along with 291 U.S. Representatives and 94 U.S. Senators who voted to certify the Electors to the Electoral College on January 6, 2021 without first investigating serious allegations of election fraud in half a dozen states and foreign election interference and breach of national security in the 2020 Presidential Election. The outcome of such relief would presumably be to restore Donald Trump to the presidency.
Didn’t know the 1st amendment had exclusions.
Stop violating our FIRST AMENDMENT!! FREEDOM OF SPEECH! Chutkan & the Judge knows its totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL! WTH is wrong with these people. I say the gag order is a “HATE” ON TRUMP AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION! It should be consider a “Hate Trial”
Yup, very true!
You are so right Stacy Dougherty, but the problem is the Communist Democrats are doing it, they don’t follow the Constitution or they haven’t read it or their going to destroy it.
One Way or another, their getting away with it and nothings being done about it.
I don’t see how calling the clerk Schumer’s girlfriend is “attacking” her. If it’s false just sue him>
But she would have to prove that outing her as schumers GF somehow harmed her is some way.
DEMONRATS WANT TO SHRED THE CONSTITUTION..THEY HAVE CORRUPTED OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OUR GOVERNMENT..THEY ARE THE DICTATORS AND DEMAND WE THE PEOPLE STOP TELLING THE TRUTH..THEY DEMAND ONLY THEIR LIES BE TOLD..MOST OF THE POLITICIANS ARE ONLY OUT FOR THEMSELVES…TO HELL WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT OR NEED..STEAL OUR MONEY..TAX THE HELL OUT OF THE MIDDLE CLASS..BE SURE TO BRING MILLIONS OF FREELOADERS HERE..FULLY SUPPORT THEM WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS..SCREW AMERICANS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE..SUPPORT CRIMINAL, DRUG LORDS, DRUG DEALERS TERRORISTS..BRING ILLEGALS WITH DISEASES INTO OUR COUNTRY..OBSESSED WITH MURDERING BABIES…OBSESSED WITH DESTROYING CHILDREN’S LIVES AND FUTURES WITH TRANNY GARBAGE..DESTROYING THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM..THE UNEDUCATED MAKE FOLLOWERS. THEY HATE INDEPENDENT THINKING PEOPLE..THEY ALL NEED TO BE ARRESTED FOR TREASON…THEY TOOK AN OATH TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY..FOLLOW OUR CONSTITUTION.. ENFORCE OUR LAWS..SMEAR ANYONE THAT DOES NOT AGREE WITH THEIR CORRUPT CRIMINAL WAYS…DEMONRATS ARE THE POND SCUM SLIME TREASONOUS COWARD PREDATOR PERVERT FREAK SERIAL LYING MFRBCS..
Well stated Deborah.
DEMONRATS ARE TRYING TO BANKRUPT OUR COUNTRY..WANT TO DISARM LAW ABIDING CITIZENS SO CRIMINALS CAN OVER RUN OUR COUNTRY..FJB HAS SOLD OUT AMERICA..DESTROYED OUR ECONOMY..DESTROYED OUR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.. DESTROYED OUR MILITARY..SOLD OFF OUR OIL RESERVE..GIVEN OUR MILITARY INVENTORY TO GREEDY UKRAINE..BILLIONS OF TAX DOLLARS TO GREEDY UKRAINE..UKRAINE IS ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES..GREEDY ZOOLINSKI’S WIFE NEEDS TO GO ON ANOTHER SHOPPING SPREE FUNDED BY AMERICANS TAX DOLLARS..LAST TIME SHE SPENT $42,000.00 IN PARIS..GREEDY ZOOLINSKI MUST HAVE SOME JUICY DIRT ON FJB…WE THE PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK FROM THESE CORRUPT CRIMINAL DEMONRATS / RINO’S/ LIBBYTARDS..THEY HAVE TURNED OUR COUNTRY INTO A THIRD WORLD SHITHOLE..THEY PLAN ON ONLY 2 CLASS OF PEOPLE…THE RICH AND POOR…THEY WANT TOTAL CONTROL OVER EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE..NO CONSTITUTION OR RIGHTS…NEVER TO VOTE..THEY WILL CONTROL EVERYTHING..EVERYTHING..EVERYTHING…AMERICA WILL BE LIKE THE CEMONRAT RUN SHITHOLES…OUT OF CONTROL CRIME..CRIMINALS DO WHATEVER THEY WANT..NO LAWS ENFORCED..THE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS WILL BE ARRESTED LIE THEY ARE NOW…THEY WILL MAKE UP CHARGES AS NEEDED…THAT’S WHAT THEY DO NOW… I’M SICK AND TIRED OF THEIR CORRUPTION AND NOTHING IS DONE……
Deborah, you have stated everything I’ve been talking about.
Well said, our Constitution has been pretty much destroyed, I’ve been a law abiding American citizen and I will not comply with any of Communist Democrats agenda nor will I agree with anything The Muslim homosexual Obama, the puppeteer of Communist Joe Biden’s Unconstitutional executive orders.
George Soros is also involved in a lot of the problems American Citizens are facing.
The all must be arrested and face a court Marshall of high Treason and face a firing squad or hanging until dead.
Soon the military will comply with orders to attack American citizens and shoot Maga supporters should Obama and Soros place Anti-American Muslims who hate America.
Arm you’re selves America and prepare for the 2nd Civil War.
Trump’s the poster child for our Constitutional champions.
Totally unconstitutional. Chutkan isn’t a judge, she is just another liberal democrat partisan hack. People like her and this political prosecution is why people have lost confidence in our judicial system. She has no business being called a judge.
satanists ! They ‘ by their ACTIONS!!’ PROJECT the ASS Fharty !
Party of PROCTOLOGICAL Penetrator Progressive PIGGS!
Man
Good for Trump. No judge has any right to remove any Constitutional RIGHT from any American.
the democrats are the real terrorists in America look what they have done to this once great nation with they’re America last policies. over running the borders with illegals giving the American Taxpayers money away to they’re favorite money laundering scheme. and now they funded Iran who funded the Hamas attack on Israel. This is the government our forefathers earned us about EVIL in the flesh Democrats.
Where are all of the i6 comments? Why are you hiding them? Are you a terrorist site!