The gag order stands.
According to a Fox News report, a New York court declined to hear Team Trump’s appeal regarding the former President’s gag order; “No substantial constitutional question is directly involved,” the court said.
From Fox News:
Judge Juan Merchan imposed a gag order that restricts the former president and presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee from speaking about witnesses and the case now that Trump’s trial has concluded.
Trump’s lawyers cited the November presidential election and the first debate against President Biden later this month, as well as the First Amendment rights of the former president and his supporters as reasons for the order to be lifted.
When Merchan refused to lift the gag order, Trump appealed that decision – which the appeals court rejected on Tuesday.
Steven Cheung, Trump campaign spokesman, said in a statement, “President Trump and his legal team will continue to fight against the unconstitutional Gag Order imposed by Justice Merchan.”
“The Gag Order wrongfully silences the leading candidate for President of the United States, President Trump, at the height of his campaign. The Gag Order applies only to President Trump and not to any of his political opponents, critics, or even Crooked Joe Biden,” said Cheung.
“The Election Interfering Gag Order violates the First Amendment rights of President Trump and all American voters, who have a fundamental right to hear his message,” he added.
More over at Fox News:
New York appeals court rejects Trump's bid to lift gag order https://t.co/HRQ9TOjnns
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