Former President Donald Trump has decried the gag order against him in his Manhattan criminal court trial as “unconstitutional,” a claim professors say could be working to galvanize his base.
Trump earlier this week was fined $9,000 by Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the trial that accuses Trump of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to a porn star in order to deride damaging allegations in the final weeks of his 2016 campaign.
College professors told the Washington Examiner that while gag orders are “rare,” they are still legal and may ultimately help the former president further his claims that the trial is “election interference.”
Former President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom following a break in his trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York, on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/Pool Photo via AP)
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