{"id":2244312,"date":"2024-05-14T14:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T18:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-denies-trumps-gag-order-challenge\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T14:15:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T18:15:42","slug":"appeals-court-denies-trumps-gag-order-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-denies-trumps-gag-order-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Rejects Trump&#8217;s Attempt to Enforce Gag Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fappeals-court-denies-trumps-gag-order-challenge%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=2244312&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>The New York appeals court dismissed Donald Trump&#8217;s challenge to\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daily-feed-10-3-23\/\" title=\"Daily Feed 10\/3\/23: Latest news\">gag order imposed<\/a> by Judge Juan\u2063 Merchan in his <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>. Despite Trump&#8217;s arguments of First \u200dAmendment rights violation, Merchan upheld the order to ensure fair justice and \u200bprotect involved parties. The court emphasized the need to prevent intimidation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorneys-say-he-intends-to-use-classified-information-to-challenge-dc-indictment\/\" title=\"Trump's lawyers plan to employ classified info to contest DC indictment.\">maintain trial integrity<\/a>. Your summary effectively captures the key points of the article about \u2062the New\u2062 York appeals court dismissing Donald Trump&#8217;s challenge to the gag order in his hush-money trial.\u200d It highlights Trump&#8217;s First Amendment rights arguments, Merchan&#8217;s decision to uphold the order for justice and protection, and the court&#8217;s focus on preventing intimidation and preserving trial integrity.  <\/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>A New York appeals court shot down former President Donald Trump\u2019s motion to challenge Judge Juan Merchan\u2019s gag order against him on Tuesday as Trump\u2019s hush-money trial continues into its fifth week, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/14\/politics\/gag-order-appeal-trump-hush-money-denied\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Merchan has fined Trump 10 times and threatened him with jail since implementing the gag order, which prevents the former president from talking about jurors, attorneys, court staff, and the judge\u2019s family. Trump has argued that the gag order violates his First Amendment rights, but Merchan maintains that Trump\u2019s public statements must be regulated to prevent witnesses from being intimidated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe find that Justice Merchan properly weighed petitioner\u2019s First Amendment Rights against the court\u2019s historical commitment to ensuring the fair administration of justice in criminal cases, and the right of persons related or tangentially related to the criminal proceedings from being free from threats, intimidation, harassment, and harm,\u201d the appeals court said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJustice Merchan properly determined that petitioner\u2019s public statements posed a significant threat to the integrity of the testimony of witnesses and potential witnesses in this case as well,\u201d the appeals court added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who is being prosecuted by Manhattan Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg for <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, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-suggests-hes-willing-to-face-jail-time-over-gag-order-our-constitution-is-much-more-important\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested<\/a> last week that he is willing to go to jail over Judge Merchan\u2019s gag order. After issuing the 10th fine against Trump last Monday, Merchan said he would \u201cconsider a jail sentence\u201d if Trump violates the gag order again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing I want to consider is jail. You are [the] former president and possibly the next president,\u201d Merchan said, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe magnitude of that decision is not lost on me,\u201d he added. \u201cYour continued willful violation of the court\u2019s order \u2026 constitutes a direct attack \u2026 and will not be allowed to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Merchan\u2019s strong warning, Trump told reporters, \u201cI have to watch every word I tell you people. You ask me a question, a simple question, I\u2019d like to give [an answer], but I can\u2019t talk about it. Because this judge is giving me a gag order and said you\u2019ll go to jail if you violate it.\u201d<\/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=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd frankly, you know what, our Constitution is much more important than jail,\u201d Trump added. \u201cIt\u2019s not even close. I\u2019ll do that sacrifice any day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump again slammed the gag order during his remarks to the press before the trial began on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou ask me questions [and] I\u2019m not allowed to respond,\u201d he said. \u201cThe gag order has to come off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York appeals court rejected Donald Trump&#8217;s challenge to Judge Juan Merchan&#8217;s gag order in his hush-money trial. Despite facing fines and jail threats, the former president remains restricted by the order. The trial, now in its fifth week, sees Trump&#8217;s motions denied as the legal battle unfolds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2244313,"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\/05\/GettyImages-2152902540-scaled-e1715702512752.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2244312","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\/05\/GettyImages-2152902540-scaled-e1715702512752.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244312","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=2244312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2244313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}