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Spanish.- The verdict against former Republican president Donald Trump in his criminal trial is already known, and the sentence will not be published until July 11. However, the story does not end there, beginning with the lawsuit from Democratic prosecutor Alvin Bragg.
The gag order imposed by Judge Juan Merchan against the Republican presidential candidate remains, with Trump fined $10,000 for referring to the trial during a televised interview and for his social media posts. Alongside the fine, there was also the threat of jail time simply for expressing himself.
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But what happens now that the trial is over? Trump also wants to know the answer. That’s why his lawyers sent a letter to the judge requesting that the gag order preventing him from speaking about jurors, witnesses, prosecutors, and others involved in the case be lifted. The reason is significant: the presidential debate with his opponent Joe Biden is just around the corner, and with the gag order in effect, it would be impossible for the Republican candidate to defend himself if the current Democratic president decides to use the trial as a political weapon to attack him on June 27 in front of cameras and the world.
Trump has asked the judge who presided over his New York criminal trial to lift the gag order that prevents him from speaking about witnesses, jurors and others associated with the case. More below —> pic.twitter.com/TTEDiunlvb
— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) June 4, 2024
Silence Useful to Democrats
Former President Trump maintains that both the guilty verdict and the continued suppression of his arguments are forms of “election interference,” which aligns with what his lawyers state in the letter to Judge Juan Merchan:
“Now that the trial has concluded, the concerns expressed by the government and the Court do not justify the continued restrictions on President Trump’s First Amendment rights, who remains the leading candidate in the 2024 presidential election, and of the American people.”
In other words, “it is simply not the function of the Government to choose which topics are worth discussing or debating in the course of a political campaign,” as stated by the defense. Additionally, there are references made by Trump that are not divorced from reality.
To explain the political interests behind his trial, the former Republican president mentioned how the judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, works for the Democratic Party. She is the president of Authentic Campaigns, a progressive political consulting firm based in Chicago, which raised $93 million using the accusation against Trump in campaign emails, according to a Breitbart investigation. The judge did not like this reference and retaliated. Additionally, it is confirmed that he has made donations to that party in the past.
Direct Order from the Soros Empire
If the Justice system decides to maintain the gag order, it would align with the goals of Alex Soros, son of progressive billionaire George Soros, to prevent Trump from returning to the White House. The second phase of that plan began recently, urging a discredit campaign that consists of “repeating” that a convicted criminal cannot govern the country.
Now, the continuation of this gag order is on the table despite the trial being over, appearing to be part of a plan to bind the hands of the former Republican president. This is convenient for the Soros empire and the Democrats in the debate against Biden on June 27.
