[ April 28, 2026 ]
Gag orders are put in place to protect criminal defendants, not corrupt government. Unconstitutional doesn’t begin to describe the seditious times in which we live.
And nothing is done. Lots of flapping tongues. No action. Republicans have no representation at all in Congress.
“In a disturbing, unprecedented and political attack on Trump’s First Amendment rights, Democratic Party judge just fined and threatened to jail Trump over his campaign and other free speech that supposedly violated a political and abusive gag order. The Democratic politician also ordered the censorship of Americans and voters by ordering Trump to take down First Amendment-protected posts on Truth Social and his campaign web site.” Tom Fitton
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ALERT: In a disturbing, unprecedented and political attack on Trump's First Amendment rights, Democratic Party judge just fined and threatened to jail Trump over his campaign and other free speech that supposedly violated a political and abusive gag order. The Democratic…
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) April 30, 2024
Alvin Bragg’s star witness, Michael Cohen, is selling dolls on TickTox of President Trump in jail. Meanwhile, Trump is not allowed to speak on Cohen’s actions because conflicted Judge Merchan placed a gag order on him. Trump’s trial is rigged. pic.twitter.com/tZEyrtE568
— Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) May 3, 2024
‘Election Interference’: Bragg Case Gag Order Puts Unprecedented Limitations On Trump Campaign
By: Henry Rodgers, WFB, May 02, 2024:
Allies close to former President Donald Trump are furious with the gag order imposed on him and his campaign by New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, telling the Daily Caller it is hamstringing his campaign like no other has been before.
On Tuesday, the start of week three of Trump’s Manhattan trial, Merchan held the 2024 Republican presidential nominee in contempt of court and issued a $9,000 fine for repeatedly violating a gag order. Merchan has also threatened jail time if Trump continues to violate the order.
ADVERTISEMENTTrump and his campaign have been barred from speaking about Matthew Colangelo, a lead prosecutor in the case who spent two years serving in the Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) as acting associate attorney general. After working near the top of the DOJ under Attorney General Merrick Garland, Colangelo joined the Manhattan District Attorney’s office as senior counsel in December 2022.
Many have raised questions about Colangelo’s move from DOJ to work in the Manhattan DA’s office at the same time District Attorney Alvin Bragg was investigating Trump for a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. (RELATED: Meet The Former Biden DOJ Official Who Jumped Ship To Prosecute Trump)
Bragg, who ran for office on convicting Trump as Manhattan District Attorney, indicted Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records, all of which the former president plead not guilty to.
Trump and his campaign are also not allowed to speak about his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, or the jury. Cohen, who is a key witness in the case, has come under fire for discussing the case on TikTok while raising money for himself.
These limitations apply to the entire campaign, tying the hands of the Trump political operation to fight back on a critical issue in the presidential race, one source familiar with the situation told the Caller.
“The gag order says it applies to the president himself, and then it prevents him from instructing or ordering anybody else to do it. So, legally, that basically applies to anybody who works for him. And since he is considered basically the chairman of the campaign or the top dog on the campaign, the campaign applies to everybody who is on campaign staff.”
The source also said they know Democrats are watching Trump’s every move, including his social media posts and campaign website, and described the gag order as “probably the most explicit example of campaign interference, where you’re actually telling your campaign … what they can and can’t say.”
ADVERTISEMENT“The Democrats are following very closely, whatever is said on TRUTH social, whatever is posted on the campaign website, and then it’s immediately getting filtered up to Alvin Bragg who has very easy channels of communication, which are pretty firmly established between the Democrats and in his office,” the source familiar said.
The restrictions are unlike any placed on a presidential campaign before in American history and put Trump on the back foot, Mike Davis, founder and president of the Article III Project, told the Daily Caller.
“This unconstitutional and un-American gag order is yet another weapon used by Biden and his henchmen to silence his chief political rival, President Trump. Michael Cohen and others can go make money trashing Trump, yet he can’t respond due to this illegal gag order,” Davis said. “So as a result, all of Trump’s opposition can run roughshod over him without worrying about what Trump will say to counter their arguments. This gag order sets a dangerous precedent moving forward.”
The source familiar echoed that sentiment, stating the order “greatly prohibits” the ability of the campaign to fight back.
“The campaign can’t go out there and defend him from those attacks. The campaign can talk about the case, sure, but they can’t respond to the direct attacks against him, which is totally outrageous,” they said. “So it does not only violate the president’s First Amendment rights, but it’s a direct assault on the campaign and their ability to fight this trial in the middle of the election.”
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