JUST IN: #Trump's defense team sent a premotion letter to Justice Merchan clarifying the express terms of the #GagOrder, saying that contrary to the People's suggestion, "the Court cannot 'direct' Pres Trump to do something that the gag order does not require." #legal
IOW: Trump's lawyers now argue that not only is Judge Merchan's daughter NOT covered by the gag order, but also that she SHOULD NOT be covered.
DA’s office argues, he should be sanctioned under NY Judiciary Law Sections 750(A)(3) and 751. Both pertain to criminal contempt.
750 defines what counts as criminal contempt and at subsection (A)(3), includes “willful disobedience to [a court’s] lawful mandate.” 751 lists the penalties for such criminal contempt, including imprisonment not exceeding 30 days.
What Judge Merchan does next — which could range from entering an expanded gag order to ordering full briefing to simply denying further motion practice — remains to be seen. But the DA’s office? They are not playing.
@monicarooney@GottaLaff@cynblogger There's so little to feel anything but disgusted and angry about in all of this Trumpian madness, I'm all in for feeling a little better.👍
@GottaLaff Imagine having to go through this to have a 78-yr-old man not put a target on a judge's daughter merely because her dad is trying his case. Are they trying to get future grounds for appeal? "The judge didn't treat me fairly because I made sure his daughter needed a security detail."
@DWTSquawk7600@GottaLaff And the people who support him. He would be nothing by a pathetic, whiny, laughing stock except for the support those folk give him.
@GottaLaff Whine, Whine, Bitch & Moan. Any other lawyers would sit client down & explain the damage he is doing. Then resign when he continues. Defendant Trump is an obscenity! 💩 And a puss-filled boil on the body politic!
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