{"id":52361,"date":"2023-10-17T11:09:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T15:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=52361"},"modified":"2023-10-17T11:09:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T15:09:22","slug":"this-will-be-a-first-and-not-a-good-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=52361","title":{"rendered":"This Will Be A First (And Not A Good First)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, Julie Kelly posted an article at Substack<\/a> about the potential gagging of President Trump during the election season (a season that I think began in November of last year).<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Another precedent-setting event related to the criminal prosecution of a former president is scheduled for Monday morning in the federal courtroom of Judge Tanya S. Chutkan in Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special Counsel Jack Smith is asking Chutkan\u2014an Obama appointee with a\u00a0record<\/a>\u00a0of biased and often inaccurate statements about Donald Trump and the events of January 6 in general\u2014to silence the leading GOP presidential contender on a key campaign issue through the heart of the 2024 primary season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Smith\u2019s prosecutors and Trump\u2019s defense attorneys will square off during what is expected to be a fiery hearing to debate the special counsel\u2019s proposed gag order ostensibly needed to prevent Trump from unduly influencing the D.C. jury pool with his criticism of the prosecution and those involved. A jury pool, by the way, almost exclusively populated by Democrats with deep contempt for Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chutkan set a March 2024 trial date for Smith\u2019s four-count indictment against Trump for attempting to \u201coverturn\u201d the 2020 election; the indictment and trial, anticipated to last four to six weeks, represent a history-making case of election interference\u2014a sitting Democratic president using his Department of Justice to ruin his presumptive Republican rival.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But forcing Trump to endure not one but two federal criminal trials isn\u2019t enough to quench the Biden regime\u2019s insatiable appetite for destruction. Smith, citing social media posts and interviews, wants Trump, his lawyers, and even his campaign associates banned from making any comments about the case.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn service of his criminal conspiracies, through false public statements, the defendant sought to erode public faith in the administration of the election and intimidate individuals who refuted his lies,\u201d Smith wrote in his September motion for a wide-ranging gag order. \u201cThe defendant is now attempting to do the same thing in this criminal case\u2014to undermine confidence in the criminal justice system and prejudice the jury pool through disparaging and inflammatory attacks on the citizens of this District, the Court, prosecutors, and prospective witnesses. [The] Court can and should take steps to restrict such harmful extrajudicial statements.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s lawyers responded in pointed fashion, calling the gag order \u201can extraordinary step of stripping President Trump of his First Amendment freedoms during the most important months of his campaign against President Biden.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which obviously is Smith\u2019s motivation. A top DOJ official during the Obama-Biden administration, Smith has his marching orders. In a follow-up motion, Smith wrote that Trump\u2019s candidacy shouldn\u2019t be used as a \u201ccover for making prejudicial statements about this case.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

After Monday\u2019s hearing, it is Chutkan\u2019s next move.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And Team Trump should be worried.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not only does Chutkan have a history of making outlandish remarks in January 6 cases, she wrote the opinion that pierced presidential privilege and forced Trump to produce his records to the January 6 Select Committee. She also\u00a0ruled<\/a>\u00a0against the Trump administration in cases involving illegal immigrants seeking abortions. Given her brazen partisanship from the bench, it is safe to assume her gag order is already a work in progress.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What has happened to the judicial process in America is a disgrace. I am convinced that the majority of our judges have never read the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:\u00a0 The gag order has been put in place. It will be interesting to see what happens next. This will probably find its way to the Supreme Court. What the Supreme Court will do with it is anyone’s guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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