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Former President Trump intensified his criticism of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and President Biden at his latest rally at the Jersey Shore on Saturday. Trump repeatedly criticized the hush money case against him in New York and also targeted Bragg and Judge Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing…

Former President Trump faced a new threat in his New York criminal trial on Monday. Judge Juan Merchan raised the possibility that he could send Trump to jail if he continues to violate a gag order. Merchan warned about that possibility after fining Trump for the 10th time for breaking the order, which prohibits the…

CNN analyst Mark Preston believes that if former President Trump is imprisoned for breaking the gag order in his hush money trial, there would be widespread social upheaval and it would benefit him in the polls. Preston, along with CNN’s Jim Acosta and others, discussed the potential for Judge Juan Merchan to temporarily place the former president in a holding cell after he deliberately disobeyed the expanded gag order, which prohibits Trump from publicly criticizing witnesses, prosecutors, court staff, jurors, and the judge’s family.

CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said on Thursday that he believes additional jurors will be required for former President Trump’s hush money trial, as some may become anxious and wish to be excused. “Jurors become unwell, jurors become anxious. Some of them could be frightened by a social…

Former President Trump shared articles critical of Judge Juan Merchan and his family on Wednesday, appearing to test the bounds of the gag order placed on Trump in his New York hush money case. Merchan expanded the gag order Monday to prevent Trump from discussing his family, after the former president made comments critical of…

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe contended that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s request for an expanded gag order in the hush money case against former President Trump serves as a “distraction” from the actual case. “The request for clarification by DA Bragg is a perfect example of how these gag orders create more of a…

Former President Trump lashed out against the New York judge overseeing his hush money criminal trial Tuesday, one day after he was hit with a gag order in the case, arguing such an order is not fair when others “can talk about” him. “I just was informed that another corrupt New York Judge, Juan Merchan,…

Former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Michael Steele labeled former President Trump a “visceral animal” after Trump shared a video showing President Biden tied up in the back of a truck and a string of criticisms about judges overseeing his legal cases. Steele, a political analyst for MSNBC, stated on Saturday that the concept of considering the consequences before…

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance predicts that the gag order in the hush money case involving former President Trump will probably be expanded, following Trump’s recent criticisms of the New York judge and his daughter. “Judges usually don’t defend themselves because they don’t feel the need to,” Vance, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District…

Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig strongly criticized former President Trump for attacking judges in his legal cases, arguing that nothing would change because those in power haven’t truly “addressed it.” “We all need to realize that since the first time the former president launched his vicious attacks on the federal courts and…