Donald Trump just spoke outside court.
JUST IN — Trump addresses the media after Judge Merchan informs him that he will not be able to attend his son Barron’s high school graduation, or his case before the Supreme Court on presidential immunity. pic.twitter.com/XGEiFYLGyP
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 15, 2024
Former President Donald Trump recently blasted the fans at a rally by falsifying claims about his impending election interference trial. He further slammed the narrow gag order against him and bashed both the judge and President Joe Biden via Mediaite.
Trump appeared in court on Monday morning for jury selection in the case that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has brought involving hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels to interfere with the election, which resulted in a several-dozen-count indictment of Trump.
While Judge Juan Merchan recently expanded a gag order against Trump after the latter attacked his daughter, Loren Merchan, that has not stopped Trump from lashing out at Merchan.
Trump held a rally in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania on Sunday that hit the familiar beats of a Trump rally, and included a blistering set of false attacks on Judge Merchan and President Biden, as well as the unsettling image of a bound and gagged Trump:
DONALD TRUMP: Two days from now, the entire world will witness the commencement of the very first Biden trial. They’re all Biden trials. You know that, right?
And I’m proud to do it for you. Have a good time watching. Have a good time watching. On Monday in New York City. I won’t be forced to sit fully gagged. I’m not allowed to talk. Can you believe it? They want to take away my constitutional right to talk.
I have a crooked judge. (crowd jeers).
This has never happened before by the way, you do know that right?
Fully gagged before a highly conflicted and corrupt judge who suffers from TDS. Does anyone know what TDS is?
CROWD: Trump Derangement Syndrome.
DONALD TRUMP: Correct. Trump Derangement Syndrome, as the Radical Left Democrat Party seeks to do everything possible to keep me from running and winning in this election.
Notably, Trump’s assertions are false. He will not be forced to wear a gag in court and the gag orders against him are all tailored and allow him to talk about the trial and even attack the judge.
