{"id":2070264,"date":"2023-10-17T13:33:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T17:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chutkan-files-formal-gag-order-on-trump-calls-his-comments-a-grave-threat-to-court-proceedings\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T13:35:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T17:35:37","slug":"judge-chutkan-files-formal-gag-order-on-trump-calls-his-comments-a-grave-threat-to-court-proceedings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chutkan-files-formal-gag-order-on-trump-calls-his-comments-a-grave-threat-to-court-proceedings\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Chutkan imposes gag order on Trump, deems his remarks a serious court threat."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-chutkan-files-formal-gag-order-on-trump-calls-his-comments-a-grave-threat-to-court-proceedings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2070264&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former U.S. President Donald\u200c Trump speaks at the New\u200b Hampshire Republican State Committee\u2019s Annual Meeting on January 28, 2023 in Salem,  New Hampshire. (Photo by Scott \u2063Eisen\/Getty\u200b Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/daniel-baldwin\">Daniel Baldwin<\/a><br \/>10:23 \u200cAM \u2013 Tuesday, October 17, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>A DC federal judge has officially issued a \u2062gag order against former President Donald Trump \u2063on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis court has found that\u200d even amidst his political campaign, Defendant\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chutkan-files-formal-gag-order-on-trump-calls-his-comments-a-grave-threat-to-court-proceedings\/\" title=\"Judge Chutkan imposes gag order on Trump, deems his remarks a serious court threat.\">statements pose sufficiently grave threats<\/a> to the integrity of these proceedings that cannot be addressed by alternative means, and \u2063it has tailored its order \u200bto meet the force of \u2062those threats,\u201d Judge Chutkan wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chutkan, an Obama appointee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/judge-issues-gag-order-in-trumps-election-interference-case\/\">granted<\/a> a gag order on Trump Monday that prohibited him from levying attacks on Special Counsel \u200bJack Smith, Smith\u2019s staff, Chutkan\u2019s staff, and \u201cany reasonably foreseeable witness.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cUndisputed testimony cited \u2062by the\u2062 government demonstrates\u200d that when Defendant has publicly attacked individuals, including on matters related to this case, those individuals are \u2064consequently threatened and harassed,\u201d Chutkan wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chutkan\u2062 brought\u2063 up numerous <em>Truth Social<\/em> posts made by Trump in the hearing\u200c on Monday, specifically citing \u2062how Trump repeatedly referred to Smith as \u201cderanged\u201d and called his staff \u201cthugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe court\u200b finds that such statements pose a significant\u2063 and immediate\u200b risk that (1) witnesses will be \u2063intimidated or otherwise unduly influenced \u200dby the prospect of being themselves\u200b targeted\u2064 for harassment or threats,\u201d Chutkan wrote. \u201cAnd (2) attorneys, public servants, and other court \u2062staff will themselves become targets\u200b for threats and harassment. And that risk\u200c is largely irreversible in the age of \u2063the Internet; once an individual is publicly targeted, even revoking the offending statement \u200dmay not abate the subsequent threats, harassment, or other intimidating effects during\u200c the pretrial as well as\u2062 trial stages of this case.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Counsel for the National Legal and Policy Center Paul Kamenar strongly criticized Chutkan\u2019s \u2064decision shortly after \u200cthe hearing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThese are the \u2062facts of\u2062 the case,\u201d \u2063Kamenar told <em>One America News<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s a \u200bpolitical campaign,\u2064 and \u2064Trump should not be\u2063 muzzled and nor should the people at his rallies be barred from hearing what he has to say about this political persecution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chutkan denied Smith\u2019s request to bar Trump from \u201ccriticizing \u200cthe government generally.\u201d Specifically, Chutkan ruled that Trump may continue to call President Joe Biden \u201ccrooked\u201d and label his current\u200b legal cases\u2062 as \u201cpolitically motivated.\u201d Chutkan noted that Trump may criticize \u201cthe campaign platforms or policies\u201d of his current\u200d political rivals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>A Trump spokesperson\u200c called the gag order an \u2063\u201cabsolute abomination\u201d shortly after\u200d the hearing Monday. Trump briefly reacted to the news when speaking in Iowa Monday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhat \u200cthey\u200d don\u2019t understand is that I am willing to go \u2062to jail\u200d if that\u2019s what it takes for\u2064 our country to\u200d win and become a democracy again,\u201d Trump \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/trump-i-am-willing-to-go-to-jail-to-save-u-s\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Bruce LeVell<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Colin Schmitt<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Craig\u200d Jardula<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with\u200c EJ Antoni<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LinkedIn announced on Monday that it will be laying off 668 employees across its engineering, talent, and finance teams in its second \u200dround of job cuts this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Netflix&#8217;s crackdown on password-sharing is expected to have boosted its subscriber count \u2062by approximately 6 million and is likely to pave the way\u200b for price increases.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google has stated that it will defend users \u2062of generative artificial-intelligence systems in its Google \u200dCloud and Workspace platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>China has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-biden-enabled-hamas-attacks\/\" title=\"Trump accuses Biden of supporting Hamas attacks.\">released proposed security requirements<\/a> for companies offering services powered by generative artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200dWhat is the purpose of the gag order imposed on Trump in relation to his \u200congoing legal\u200d battles?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  King at a rally \u2063later in the day, stating, \u201cThis is \u200ba clear \u200cviolation of my First Amendment rights. They want to silence\u200b me \u2062because they know I speak the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This gag order comes in the midst \u2063of ongoing legal battles for Trump, particularly in relation to allegations of election interference. The order aims to prevent Trump from \u2062making statements that could potentially intimidate or harass witnesses, attorneys, and \u2064court\u2064 staff involved\u200d in the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Chutkan emphasized the significant and\u200c immediate risks posed by Trump\u2019s previous public attacks on individuals\u2063 involved in the \u2062case. The judge cited the potential\u200d for witness intimidation and\u2063 harassment, as well as threats towards \u2064attorneys and court \u200bstaff. Chutkan noted that in the digital age, once an individual is\u200b publicly targeted, simply revoking \u200cthe offending statement may not be enough \u200bto \u200babate the subsequent threats or intimidating effects.<\/p>\n<p>While the \u200bgag order \u200drestricts Trump from levying attacks specifically against\u2063 Special Counsel\u200d Jack Smith, Smith\u2019s staff, Chutkan\u2019s \u200dstaff, and \u2062&#8221;any reasonably foreseeable\u2063 witness,&#8221; Chutkan ruled that \u2063Trump may continue to criticize the government in general\u200d and his current political rivals. This allows Trump to continue calling President Joe Biden \u201ccrooked\u201d \u2064and label his legal \u2063cases \u2062as \u201cpolitically motivated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200cTrump\u2019s counsel strongly criticized\u200b the gag order, arguing that it infringes on his First Amendment rights and restricts his ability to communicate with his supporters. Critics of the gag order argue that\u2063 it stifles free speech and limits public access to Trump\u2019s \u200dviewpoints \u2064on the ongoing legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters \u200dof the gag order argue that it is necessary to \u200bensure a \u2062fair trial and\u2063 protect the\u200c integrity of the proceedings. They contend that \u200bTrump\u2019s statements pose a threat to the impartiality of the trial and could potentially influence\u2063 witnesses and intimidate those involved in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The issuance of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-smith-requests-narrow-gag-order-on-trump-in-2020-election-case\/\" title=\"Jack Smith seeks limited gag order on Trump in 2020 election lawsuit.\">gag order raises important questions<\/a> about the balance between free speech rights and the need \u200cfor a fair trial. It highlights the challenges faced by courts in the age of social media and the \u200bpotential \u2063impact of public statements on legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The legal battle surrounding \u200cTrump\u2019s alleged election interference continues, and the implications of this gag order will undoubtedly be closely watched by observers on both sides of the political spectrum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump was issued a gag order by a DC federal judge on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. The order came after his speech at the New Hampshire Republican State Committee&#8217;s Annual Meeting on January 28, 2023. 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