{"id":2233803,"date":"2024-04-30T15:45:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T19:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-responds-to-gag-order-fine-says-judge-is-rigging-2024-election\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T15:46:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T19:46:17","slug":"trump-responds-to-gag-order-fine-says-judge-is-rigging-2024-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-responds-to-gag-order-fine-says-judge-is-rigging-2024-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump hits back at gag order fine, accusing judge of &#8216;rigging&#8217; 2024 election"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ftrump-responds-to-gag-order-fine-says-judge-is-rigging-2024-election%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=2233803&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>Former President Donald Trump accused Judge Juan Merchan of tampering with the 2024 presidential election. \u2064This \u200bcame after Judge Merchan fined Trump $9,000 and threatened \u200chim with \u200cjail \u200btime for violating a gag order in the\u200b New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-judge-sets-date-for-trumps-first-criminal-trial\/\" title=\"Trump's initial criminal trial date fixed by New York judge\">hush-money trial<\/a>. Trump was fined $1,000 for\u200d each of the nine\u200c gag order violations, restricting his \u200dspeech on various trial-related matters. Your summary of\u200d the situation involving former President Donald Trump, \u200bJudge Juan Merchan,\u200d and the 2024 presidential election is concise \u2063and informative. It effectively captures the key points of Trump&#8217;s allegations against Judge Merchan, the fine imposed, the threat of jail time, and the violations of \u2064the gag order. This \u200csummary provides a\u200c clear overview of the event.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> said Judge Juan Merchan is \u201crigging\u201d the 2024 presidential election after the judge slapped Trump with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-hits-trump-with-fines-threatens-jail-time-over-gag-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$9,000 fine<\/a> and threatened to jail him for social media posts that violated his gag order in the New York hush-money trial.<\/p>\n<p>Merchan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycourts.gov\/LegacyPDFS\/press\/PDFs\/D.O.motion4contempt-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in an order on Tuesday that Trump had violated his gag order nine times, fining him $1,000 for each offense. The former president is prohibited from commenting on potential witnesses, jurors, court staff, attorneys, and members of the judge\u2019s family. Prosecutors urged Merchan to take action on Trump for violating the gag order, pointing to posts he made on his social media site Truth Social or his campaign website about Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, and the jury pool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Judge has taken away my Constitutional Right to FREE SPEECH,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112361509938687891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on Truth Social Tuesday afternoon. \u201cI am the only Presidential Candidate in History to be GAGGED. This whole \u2018Trial\u2019 is RIGGED, and by taking away my FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THIS HIGHLY CONFLICTED JUDGE IS RIGGING THE PRESIDENTIAL OF 2024 ELECTION. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his order, Merchan complained that he could not legally fine Trump more than $1,000 for each violation, writing, \u201cIn some cases that might be a $2,500 fine, in other cases it might be a fine of $150,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause this Court is not cloaked with such discretion, it must therefore consider whether in some instances, jail may be a necessary punishment,\u201d the judge added.<\/p>\n<p>Merchan, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-overseeing-trumps-hush-money-case-donated-to-bidens-2020-presidential-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donated<\/a> to Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 presidential campaign against Trump, ordered the former president to delete the social media posts that violated the gag order by 2:15 p.m. ET, and Trump complied shortly before the deadline, The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/4633568-trump-removes-social-media-posts-that-violated-gag-order\/#:~:text=Former%20President%20Trump%20deleted%20social,just%20before%20a%20Tuesday%20deadline.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The presumptive Republican presidential nominee faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">alleged hush-money payments<\/a> to porn actress Stormy Daniels. Trump has been accused of paying Daniels over $130,000 in 2016, but the former president has denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714129450076000&#038;usg=AOvVaw11MUL_oXewNl-yGfGqnuu8\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The hush-money trial, brought by Manhattan Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg, is the first criminal trial against a former U.S. president. Trump has argued that he is being politically targeted during an election year as he also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-threat-of-jail-time-doesnt-hurt-his-sleep-im-built-a-little-differently\/\" title=\"Trump isn't bothered by the threat of jail: 'I'm wired differently'.\">faces criminal trials<\/a> in Georgia, Florida, and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tim Pearce contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump accused Judge Merchan of &#8216;rigging&#8217; the 2024 election after being fined $9,000 for violating a gag order. Threatened with jail for social media posts, Trump clashed with the judge in the New York hush-money trial. Merchan&#8217;s order highlighted Trump&#8217;s breach of the gag order<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2233804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2150354203-scaled-e1714505094905.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2150354203-scaled-e1714505094905.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2233804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}