{"id":6997,"date":"2024-06-18T10:56:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=6997"},"modified":"2024-06-18T10:56:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:56:50","slug":"new-york-court-rules-on-trump-gag-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/new-york-court-rules-on-trump-gag-order\/njackson\/2024\/06\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Court Rules On Trump Gag Order"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Tuesday, New York\u2019s highest court declined to hear Donald Trump\u2019s appeal on the gag order in his hush-money case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/06\/politics\/merchan-trump-gag-order-contempt\/index.html\">\u00a0gag order<\/a>, issued by Judge Juan Merchan in the criminal case against Trump, remains in effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/18\/politics\/trump-gag-order-new-york-appeal\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> has more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their filing with the appeals court, Trump\u2019s attorneys argued that the case presents \u201csubstantial constitutional questions of the highest importance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis Gag Order restricts President Trump\u2019s core political speech on matters of central importance at the height of his Presidential campaign, where he is the leading candidate, and thus it violates the fundamental right of every American voter to hear from the leading candidate for President on matters of enormous public importance,\u201d his attorneys wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Court of Appeals did find the gag order unconstitutional, Trump\u2019s attorneys wrote it would \u201cundermine the justification\u201d for the fines Trump received for his violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In their own filing, Bragg\u2019s office urged the court to dismiss the appeal, arguing that Trump has a \u201cwell-documented history of leveling threatening, inflammatory, and denigrating remarks against trial participants.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Juan Merchan\u00a0granted prosecutors\u2019 request for a gag order that precluded Trump from making public statements about any witnesses in the case, jurors, prosecutors, court staff, or members of their family. Trump was not restricted from commenting on\u00a0the judge\u00a0or Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, New York\u2019s highest court declined to hear Donald Trump\u2019s appeal on the gag order in his hush-money case. The\u00a0gag order, issued by Judge Juan Merchan in the criminal case against Trump, remains in effect. 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