Judge bans Trump from attacking prosecutors and witnesses with comments

The judge Tania Chutkan This Monday he banned the former president of U.S, donald trump (2017-2021) attacking or insulting the Public Prosecutor’s Office, judicial officials and witnesses in the process in which he is accused of having allegedly tried to reverse the 2020 elections and promoted the assault on the Capitol.

The magistrate of A.D admitted the gag order requested by the special prosecutor Jack Smith to avoid constant declarations of trump interfere with the judicial processalthough it has limited its effects.

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Chutkan decided to prohibit all parties involved in the case from issuing statements that attack the prosecutor, his staff, potential witnesses or any member of the court, including his families.

Instead, it refused to restrict comments that disparaged the Joe Biden Administration or the Department of Justice, to whom trump accused of carrying out a “Witch hunt” against him.

After learning of the decision, a Trump spokesperson declared in a statement that the measure “It’s an absolute abomination” and accused Biden be behind it.”jaw”.

During the hearing, João Laurothe former president’s lawyer, described the order as “censorship” and he said it is “impossible“apply because trump is in the Republican primary campaign for 2024 elections.

The judge, however, responded that it is “false” that the imposed restriction represents a violation of freedom of expression of the former president, enshrined in First Amendment to the Constitution.

Chutkan decided that trump does not have the right to carry out “smear campaign””against prosecutors and court officials: “No other defendant would be allowed and I will not allow that in this case.”he said.

The deputy prosecutor Molly Gastãowho defended the gag order, stated that the Republican believes that “He is above the law and can say whatever he wants about the case.”, therefore he opined that “The court has an obligation to stop this”.

Trump, who faces four criminal charges, has used social media to criticize and insult prosecutors, judges, court officials, witnesses and political rivals.

Just yesterday he described prosecutor Jack Smith as “corrupt and disturbed” and accused the judge Chutkanappointed by former president Barak Obama (2009-2017), of being impartial and wanting to take the “First Amendment Rights.”

At the hearing, Chutkan He said that criticism Biden or the Department of Justice are understandable, but expressed particular concern about Trump’s attacks on the prosecutor’s family and judicial staff.

The judge did not detail whether trump would be punished with a fine or imprisonment in case of violation of the order, but she was cautious about it.

“Despite accused He should be treated like any other, there are certain circumstances that we must take into consideration because he is a former president“, to the point.

The Republican is accused in the District of Columbia of having tried to reverse the result of the 2020 elections that he lost against Joe Biden and of having instigated the assault on the Capitol by thousands of people to prevent the ratification of the Democrat’s victory on January 6, 2021 .

Trump also faces indictment in New York for irregular payments to porn actress Stormy Danielsanother in Florida for having collected confidential documents from the White House without authorization and another in Georgia for trying to change the election results in that state.

Source: Elcomercio

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