{"id":2288504,"date":"2024-07-03T09:50:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T13:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-attorney-general-asks-supreme-court-to-remove-trumps-gag-order-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T09:50:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T13:50:42","slug":"missouri-attorney-general-asks-supreme-court-to-remove-trumps-gag-order-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-attorney-general-asks-supreme-court-to-remove-trumps-gag-order-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri attorney general asks Supreme Court to remove Trump\u2019s gag order &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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%2Fmissouri-attorney-general-asks-supreme-court-to-remove-trumps-gag-order-washington-examiner%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=2288504&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 Missouri Attorney General, Andrew Bailey, has asked\u2062 the Supreme Court to\u2062 remove former President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxtons-attorney-cancels-news-conference-after-gag-order-issued-over-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Ken Paxton&#039;s attorney cancels press conference due to gag order on impeachment trial.\">gag\u2064 order<\/a>, claiming it interferes\u200b with\u200c Trump&#8217;s ability to campaign freely. Bailey \u200cargues that Judge Juan Merchan, who imposed the\u200d gag order, has restricted \u200cTrump&#8217;s speech \u2063about witnesses and prosecutors in\u2062 his New York criminal \u2063trial. Bailey believes \u200bthat Missourians are being denied access to the\u200c candidate\u200d due to the gag order. He also wants \u2062the \u200cSupreme Court to delay Trump&#8217;s sentencing until after the presidential election on Nov. 5. The lawsuit is seen as a conflict between Missouri and New York \u2062over Trump&#8217;s right to free speech.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!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\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Missouri attorney general asks Supreme Court to remove Trump\u2019s gag order<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/arosciglione\/\">Annabella Rosciglione<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-03T09:18:24-04:00\">July 3, 2024 9:18 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1693691\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/missouri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Missouri<\/a> Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, is asking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court<\/a> to toss out former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s gag order following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cussin-cheerleaders-supreme-court-case-could-pose-challenge-for-woke-schools\/\" title=\"Cussin\u2019 Cheerleader\u2019s Supreme Court Case Could Pose Challenge for Woke Schools\">high court\u2019<\/a>s decision on presidential immunity.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey is looking to insert Missouri into the former president\u2019s New York criminal trial by claiming that Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the case, interfered with Trump\u2019s ability to campaign freely. Trump was prevented from talking about the witnesses, jurors, and families of the judge and Manhattan prosecutors, but Merchan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3058444\/merchan-partially-lifts-trumps-gag-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>lifted parts of the gag order<\/a> recently to allow Trump to speak freely about witnesses such as Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen President Trump is tethered to a courtroom in New York due to a rogue prosecutor in a collusive judiciary, then Missourians are denied access to that candidate,\u201d Bailey told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/07\/03\/missouri-supeme-court-trump-gag-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Axios<\/em><\/a>. \u201cOur First Amendment right to hear from that candidate was additionally violated by the gag order that was put in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is framed as a dispute between two states, Missouri and New York, on the basis of an infraction on Trump\u2019s right to free speech.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey is also looking for the Supreme Court to rule that Trump\u2019s sentencing date be moved until after the Nov. 5 presidential election. <\/p>\n<p>Trump was set to be sentenced for being found guilty of 34 felonies next week, just days before the Republican National Convention. Merchan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3067246\/trump-sentencing-likely-to-be-delayed-after-rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>moved the date<\/a> to Sept. 18 after Trump\u2019s legal team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3066818\/trumps-lawyers-move-overturn-manhattan-conviction-supreme-court-immunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>filed a motion<\/a> to overturn the conviction following the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on presidential immunity. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court ruled Monday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3030301\/supreme-court-finds-some-immunity-for-presidents-complicating-trump-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>presidents are immune<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-exclusive-system-glitch-also-uncovered-in-wisconsin-reversal-of-swapped-votes-removes-lead-from-joe-biden\/\" title=\"BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: System &#039;Glitch&#039; Also Uncovered In Wisconsin - Reversal of Swapped Votes Removes Lead from Joe Biden\">criminal prosecution<\/a> for official acts while in office, but they can still be prosecuted for unofficial acts.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear at this time whether the high court will take up the case.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1693691\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1693691\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, is requesting the Supreme Court to revoke the gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump. Bailey argues that the order interfered with Trump&#8217;s ability to campaign freely during his New York criminal trial. The lawsuit is presented as a disagreement between Missouri and New York over Trump&#8217;s right to free speech. Bailey is also seeking for Trump&#8217;s sentencing date to be postponed until after the presidential election on Nov. 5. The Supreme Court recently ruled that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for official acts while in office, but can still be prosecuted for unofficial acts. It is uncertain if the high court will take up the case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2288505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-hush-money-gag-order.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32116,32656,8584,32275,3634],"class_list":["post-2288504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-attorney-general","tag-gag-order","tag-missouri","tag-supreme-court","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-hush-money-gag-order.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288504","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}