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A federal judge on Monday issued a gag order on former President Donald Trump, limiting what he can say about special counsel Jack Smith’s federal prosecution into his alleged attempt to subvert in the 2020 presidential election.

The order restricts Trump’s ability to publicly target court personnel, potential witnesses, or the special counsel and his staff. The order did not impose restrictions on disparaging comments about Washington, DC, – where the jury will take place – or certain comments about the Justice Department at large, both of which the government requested.

“This is not about whether I like the language Mr. Trump uses,” Judge Tanya Chutkan said. “This is about language that presents a danger to the administration of justice.”

“His presidential candidacy does not give him carte blanche to vilify public servants who are simply doing their jobs,” the judge added.

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[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 199 points 2 years ago (12 children)

And the consequences when he breaks this order less than 24 hours from now?

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 106 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fucking right?! Can we just lock him up just this once? I'm sick of him dominanting the discourse. I just want universal healthcare/ basic income.

[–] some_guy 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You just want things that our current overlords will never give us. Don’t worry, I’m on your side. We’ll get there, eventually.

Vote.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Better happen sooner then later. America is just asking for a John Q moment.

[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you indulge a non American idiot. What's a John q moment. All I'm finding when searching is a denzel Washington movie with the synopsis not giving quite enough context to fit

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's essentially what took place in that movie. Health care wouldn't cover a life saving procedure for Denzel Washington's character's child. So he held up the hospital until his child got care. I honestly forgot how it ended. But if I had to guess he gets shot and his kid gets to live.

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John is ultimately acquitted of attempted murder and armed criminal action, but convicted of kidnapping and false imprisonment. His lawyer assures him that he will likely serve no more than two years. As John is escorted from the courthouse, Lester proclaims him as a hero, and a now-healthy Michael gains eye contact with his father, saying "Dad!" and then, "Thank you".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Q.#:~:text=John%20is%20ultimately%20acquitted%20of,of%20kidnapping%20and%20false%20imprisonment.

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I honestly think there's going to be a mass shooting at an insurance or pharmaceutical company. Someone's eventually going to go after a CEO out of spite

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[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

For some reason no media seem to have linked to a copy of the gag order, but prior reporting suggests that the judge's threat if Trump violates the order is to do one thing he really doesn't want the court to do, which is move up the trial date.

[–] spider@lemmy.nz 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

the consequences when he breaks this order

Probably another huge influx of campaign cash.

[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And the consequences when he breaks this order less than 24 hours from now?

Sneak peak from the future.

https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/e2f/46e/ed8919a1efe6587faaa62bc0453f12f81f-wise-politics-mugshot.rvertical.w570.jpg

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Peek*

Unless you can show me a stealthy mountain

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[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] tsz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago
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[–] takeda@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Supposedly having the trial sooner.

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 85 points 2 years ago (1 children)

God it feels good to have somebody in authority say that.

The little brat needs to be told.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It would feel much better if any of them had the balls to actually enforce these orders.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Time will tell - this judge doesn't seem to lack the guts to do so if necessary. But my understanding is that jail time is a 'last resort' after fines and other punishments. I'm under no delusion that Trump will be thrown in Jail in the near future.

[–] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 14 points 2 years ago

She's threatened to move up the trial date if he violates the order as a way of limiting the effect his words can have on court officers and potential witnesses. This would be terrible for him since his whole strategy is to delay until after the election when he believes he will become president again and can make it all go away.

I really like Judge Chutkan so far.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He is being given a rope, it's his choice whether he hangs himself with it. You can't go straight to throwing him in prison you at least have to demonstrate ill intent.

I wouldn't worry, he will definitely violate these terms, if you gave Donald Trump a button that said do not press under any circumstances, pressing this button will result in the destruction of the universe he'd press it before you could finish reading the sign. The man has no self-control.

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 67 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’m counting the hours until this dumbass violates that order.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hours? Someone's an optimist

[–] rthmchgs@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What's optimistic is thinking they have the spine to enforce it.

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[–] blackfire@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago (2 children)

2 gag orders in 2 seperate cases. He really should shut the fuck up for once

[–] DeletesItLater@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

hold on a bit. I kind of want to watch him make things worse for him.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Lol don't worry

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[–] Ddhuud@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He should, but my guess is that he's not gonna.

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[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 50 points 2 years ago

“He does not have the right to say and do exactly what he pleases. Do you agree with that?” she asked Trump attorney John Lauro, who responded: “100%.”

oooooooo someone is getting yelled at today

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 years ago

Until someone actually does something about it, he absolutely does.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

She added: “If the message Mr. Trump wants to express is ‘my prosecution is politically motivated,’” he can do so without using “highly charged language.”

That hurts. That would be sentences with words of four and five syllables! He will fail to pronounce them, or his followers won't understand them. Win-Win.

I wonder what pictures his "speech writers" will draw on his cue cards for a sentence like that ;-)

[–] SeanTurvey@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

Trump will soon be telling his cult that the judge said "‘my prosecution is politically motivated".

[–] N0body@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I doubt Trump will be able to resist attacking Jack Smith, but I'm 100% certain he's going to violate the rule against targeting "potential witnesses." That's a very, very long list of people who are targeted regularly.

[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My bet is that he'll screw up on Pence. It's a narrow target at Pence and it's functionally the only thing he can call him out on.

Other than Pence would lose a personality contest to Stephen Harper.

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[–] nichtsowichtig@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

hello, I'm not a native english speaker and I know two distinct meaning of the word "gag" and neither of them make sense in this context. so what does "gag order" mean?

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm guessing the 2 uses you already know are 'joke' and 'to retch/nearly vomit'?

Another meaning of 'gag' is to physically tie something around their mouth to stop them from speaking (like in films when people get material or tape in their mouths to muffle their cries for help in a kidnap scene? That material would be the 'gag')

Obviously in this instance it's not a literal gag, although I'm sure there's plenty of people who wish it could be. A 'gagging order' is a metaphor for not being able to speak about things

[–] qdJzXuisAndVQb2@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gag orders can forbid people from publicly discussing a case or aspects of it.

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[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Think of it as a "you cannot talk about something" order. So a gag is something put in a person's mouth to keep them from talking. So he is not allowed to talk about a specific subject (in this case parts of the case specifically things he has said that could be considered threatening or attempting to influence witnesses or jurors) so he has been "gaged"

And in case you are wondering how the fuck you get him to shut up. If he violates the order he can be "held in contempt of court" which means that you were legally told to do something and you didn't. It can be punished with fines and/or jail time. Which may not deter him.

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