Byron York questions the logic behind certain aspects of Trump’s gag order

The Washington Examiner’s Byron York argued Wednesday that there are several problems with former President Donald Trump’s gag order, specifically how Trump cannot be critical of his former lawyer.

The gag order in question has been brought back to discussion in part because Manhattan prosecutors argued Trump violated the order in the hush money case more than 10 times when he posted various news articles on Truth Social. York, the chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner, explained that these articles had been about Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney, and that Trump is being reported for gag order violations while Cohen has been very vocal about Trump.

“He’s on television a lot, he has podcasts, he’s written books, he wrote a book called Revenge about Trump, and Michael Cohen is beating on Trump every single day on his X feed, everywhere else, and yet Trump is actually banned from saying anything about Michael Cohen,” York said on Fox Business’s Mornings with Maria Bartiromo. “It really doesn’t make a lot of sense.”

York also addressed a recent report that revealed the existence of a weekly Zoom call where various legal analysts, lawyers, and pundits discussed how they would “get Trump.” He also noted how the discussion about Trump’s hush money trial is starting to change and how the criminal charges in this trial revolve around bookkeeping.

“Well, they’re now reframing it, the prosecution is doing it, and the talking heads are doing it, as a conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 election,” York said. “Now, Trump is not charged with conspiracy; he’s not charged with interfering with the election. There are these suggestions that he must have done something else unlawful here, but it’s never been specified what that is.”

York continued that many people covering Trump’s legal battles appear to be saying “the same thing,” noting how the new report states that analysts are meeting weekly “to get their talking points together.”

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Judge Juan Merchan stated Tuesday that he would “reserve” his decision on whether to fine Trump over his alleged gag order violations in the hush money trial. The prosecutors argued that his alleged violations should have resulted in at least $10,000 in fees.

Defense attorney Todd Blanche admitted that some of Trump’s reposts got “too close to the line” but did not violate his gag order. Merchan has contended that if this were true, Trump’s team should have told the judge that “my client is thinking of reposting something.”

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