May 4th 2024
Candace Owens Stands Behind Trump After Former President Is Threatened With Jail Time Over Gag Order Violation
By John Symank April 30th 2024 Updated May 1st 2024
🔴 Candace Owens Has A Message For Trump After He Is Threatened With Jail Time For Violating Gag Order
On Tuesday, Candace Owens offered her support for former President Donald Trump after the judge in his New York hush money case ruled that he had violated his gag order nine times and threatened him with incarceration.
Earlier in the morning, Judge Juan Merchan ruled that Trump violated a gag order that bans him from speaking about witnesses and family members of court officials, ruling that he had done so on nine separate occasions on his Truth Social account.
Merchan fined him $1,000 for each instance, as well as ordering him to remove the offending posts.
The judge noted in the order that if Trump carries out “continued willful violations” of the gag order, he could face “incarceratory punishment” if “necessary and appropriate.”
“I hope Trump continues to violate his gag order. Using the legal system to silence people from exposing corruption is utterly immoral,” Owens said, citing a post from conservative radio host Larry Elder. “Speech is a fundamental American right.”
I hope Trump continues to violate his gag order. Using the legal system to silence people from exposing corruption is utterly immoral.
Trump, too, railed against the order, posting about it on Truth Social shortly after the order was released.
“This Judge has taken away my Constitutional Right to FREE SPEECH. I am the only Presidential Candidate in History to be GAGGED,” Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social. “This whole ‘Trial’ is RIGGED, and by taking away my FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THIS HIGHLY CONFLICTED JUDGE IS RIGGING THE PRESIDENTIAL OF 2024 ELECTION. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!”
The morning of the ruling, Trump had called on Merchan to recuse himself from the case while speaking to reporters outside of the courtroom.
“This is a hoax. This is a judge who is conflicted – badly, badly, badly conflicted. I’ve never seen a judge so conflicted and giving us virtually no rulings,” Trump told reporters, according to Fox News.
“I’m going to sit in the freezing cold icebox for eight hours, nine hours or so. They took me off the campaign trail. But the good news is my poll numbers are the highest it’s ever been. So, at least we’re getting the word out. And everybody knows this trial is a scam. It’s a scam. The judge should be recused; that he should recuse himself today, he should recuse himself today. And maybe he will,” Trump added.
Trump had previously pointed out that Merchan’s daughter had worked as a political consultant for Democratic politicians, suggesting that the judge had a conflict of interest.
Merchan also expressed his desire to fine Trump more than $1000 per charge, suggesting $2500 and $150,000 in his order, saying it would be “preferable” if the court “could impose a fine more commensurate with the wealth of the contemnor.”
“In some cases that might be a $2,500 fine, in other cases it might be a fine of $150,000. Because this Court is not cloaked with such discretion, it must therefore consider whether in some instances, jail may be a necessary punishment,” he wrote in the order.
Larry Elder
@larryelder
Breaking: Judge Holds Trump in Contempt for Violating Gag Order, Threatens Ex-President with Jail Time
Speech is a fundamental American right.
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