{"id":2260362,"date":"2024-06-05T11:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T15:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorneys-ask-judge-to-lift-gag-order-ahead-of-presidential-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T11:56:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T15:56:11","slug":"trump-attorneys-ask-judge-to-lift-gag-order-ahead-of-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorneys-ask-judge-to-lift-gag-order-ahead-of-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s lawyers request the removal of gag order before the presidential debate"},"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\">24<\/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-attorneys-ask-judge-to-lift-gag-order-ahead-of-presidential-debate%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=2260362&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>Lawyers representing Donald\u200b Trump are seeking \u200bto lift a \u200c<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 a New York judge ahead of a debate with Joe Biden. Trump&#8217;s attorneys argue that\u2062 the restrictions on \u2063Trump&#8217;s First Amendment\u200c rights are no longer \u200cjustified,\u200c as the trial has concluded. They emphasize the need for Trump to respond to public\u200c statements and trial-related matters without the gag order&#8217;s\u200d constraints. \u2064The legal team for Donald Trump\u200d is pushing to remove\u2063 a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-bars-trump-from-campaigning-against-his-top-political-opponent\/\" title=\"Judge prohibits Trump from campaigning against main political rival.\">gag order set<\/a> by a New York judge before the upcoming debate with Joe Biden. Trump&#8217;s lawyers believe the limitations\u200d on Trump&#8217;s First \u200bAmendment rights\u2062 are unjustified post-trial. They\u2063 stress the importance of Trump addressing public\u200c statements and trial \u2062issues without the gag order hindering his responses.  <\/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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lawyers for Donald Trump are asking a New York judge to lift a gag order on the former president ahead of a scheduled debate with President Joe Biden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove wrote to Judge Juan Merchan Tuesday and asked him to remove the order. Merchan blocked Trump from speaking freely and publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, and others before Trump\u2019s trial concluded last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The attorneys argued that since the trial concluded, there is no longer a good reason for \u201ccontinued restrictions on the First Amendment rights of President Trump,\u201d according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/06\/04\/trump-trial-judge-gag-order-00161641\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">POLITICO<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Trump needs flexibility to respond to public statements from his campaign opponent, President Joe Biden, and trial witnesses, attorney Michael Cohen, and porn actress Stormy Daniels, the attorneys argued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the first presidential debate scheduled for June 27, Trump must also be able to address the case, the verdict, and its consequences without being stifled by the gag order, the attorneys\u2019 letter said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe defense does not concede that there was ever a valid basis for the gag order and reserves the right to challenge the irreparable First Amendment harms caused by the order,\u201d Trump\u2019s attorneys wrote in the letter, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-gag-order-new-york-trial-hush-money\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CBS News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blanche has previously stated that he understood the gag order to expire at the end of the trial, which concluded last week with a Manhattan jury finding Trump guilty on 34 felony accounts over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-bid-to-shield-financial-records\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid To Shield Financial Records\">hush money payments<\/a> to Daniels in 2016. Trump has continued to speak in public as if the gag order is still in effect, however, as Blanche said, he would go to Merchan for clarification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit of the theater of the absurd at this point, right? Michael Cohen is no longer a witness in this trial,\u201d Blanche <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/06\/04\/trump-trial-judge-gag-order-00161641\">said<\/a>. \u201cThe trial is over. The same thing with all the other witnesses. So, we\u2019ll see. I don\u2019t mean that in any way as being disrespectful of the judge and the process. I just want to be careful and understand when it no longer applies.\u201d<\/span><\/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=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Merchan imposed the gag order on Trump on March 26. Since then, the New York judge has charged Trump with violating it 10 times and fined the former president $10,000. Merchan also threatened Trump with jail time if he continued to make statements that Merchan found to be in violation of his order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump is scheduled to be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-sets-trump-sentencing-date-four-days-before-gop-convention\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sentenced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in the case on July 11, just four days before the GOP convention. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s lawyers seek to lift a gag order in New York before a debate with Joe Biden. Attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove wrote to Judge Juan Merchan, requesting the order&#8217;s removal. 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