Federal judge imposes narrow gag order on Donald Trump in 2020 election subversion case

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    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    6% Center

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Bias Score Analysis

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"Those comments, prosecutors said, risked undermining public confidence in the court system and causing witnesses or people who might be picked as jurors for trial to feel harassed and intimidated."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny StudioProsecutor Molly Gaston on Monday had told the judge Trump's lawyers were arguing their client is above the law and not subject to the same rules as other defendants."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"But the judge shot back that Trump does not have a right to say and do exactly as he pleases."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"And it presented a big test for Chutkan, who must balance Trump's First Amendment right to defend himself publicly with the need to protect the integrity of the case."
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-12% Liberal
"Prosecutors said their proposal would not have prevented Trump from publicly declaring his iocence."
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-18% Liberal
"The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's federal election interference case in Washington, D.C., is hearing oral arguments Monday on a limited gag order proposed by the government."
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-20% Liberal
"Chukan said there would be no restrictions on statements criticizing the Justice Department generally or statements about Trump's belief that the case is politically motivated."
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-20% Liberal
"Gaston said Trump knows that his posts motivate people to threaten others, and she argued those can not only pollute the jury pool but also can chill witnesses."
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-20% Liberal
"Although she said she was less concerned about statements that Trump has made about her, she said his free speech doesn't extend to language that knowingly invites threats and harassment of people who are simply doing their jobs."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Prosecutors noted in a recent motion that Trump's incendiary rhetoric continued even after their initial gag order request."
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-20% Liberal
"The judge said Trump can't mount a smear campaign against prosecutors and court persoel."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"A Trump spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the judge's ruling."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny StudioProsecutor Molly Gaston on Monday had told the judge Trump's lawyers were arguing their client is above the law and not subject to the same rules as other defendants."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Trump has frequently used social media to attack Chutkan, prosecutors, likely witnesses and others despite warnings from the judge that inflammatory comments could force her to move up the trial currently scheduled to begin in March."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"In court papers, they wrote that Trump was demanding special treatment by claiming he should have free rein to publicly intimidate witnesses and disparage others involved in the case."
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-24% Liberal
"The order from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is a milestone moment in the federal case that accuses Trump of illegally conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden."
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0% Conservative
"The order from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is a milestone moment in the federal case that accuses Trump of illegally conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden."
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0% Conservative
"Trump's lawyers fiercely opposed any gag order, saying it unconstitutionally hinder his political speech."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Trump's defense called the gag order request unconstitutional and a desperate effort at censorship."
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-28% Liberal
"Trump has denied any wrongdoing."
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-28% Liberal
"The defense had claimed Chutkan's comments about Trump in other cases raised questions about whether she had prejudged his guilt."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump in Washington imposed a narrow gag order on him on Monday, barring the Republican former president from making statements targeting prosecutors, possible witnesses and the judge's staff."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"Trump's lawyer John Lauro accused prosecutors of seeking to censor a political candidate in the middle of a campaign."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Chutkan, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, repeatedly warned Trump's lawyer to keep politics out of the courtroom, and she cut him off when he suggested the case was politically motivated."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Chutkan, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, repeatedly warned Trump's lawyer to keep politics out of the courtroom, and she cut him off when he suggested the case was politically motivated."
Positive
0% Conservative
"The Chutkan hearing came on the heels of a judge overseeing Trump's civil fraud trial in New York imposing a more limited gag order prohibiting personal attacks against court persoel following a social media post from Trump that maligned the judge's principal clerk."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"The Chutkan hearing came on the heels of a judge overseeing Trump's civil fraud trial in New York imposing a more limited gag order prohibiting personal attacks against court persoel following a social media post from Trump that maligned the judge's principal clerk."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"We have no interest in stopping the defendant from ruing for office or defending his reputation, she said.Chutkan also read aloud statements Trump has made about her, deriding her as a radical Obama hack."
Positive
6% Conservative
"We have no interest in stopping the defendant from ruing for office or defending his reputation, she said.Chutkan also read aloud statements Trump has made about her, deriding her as a radical Obama hack."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Monday was the first time Trump's lawyers had appeared before Chutkan since she denied Trump's request to recuse herself from the case, which alleges Trump illegally schemed to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Monday was the first time Trump's lawyers had appeared before Chutkan since she denied Trump's request to recuse herself from the case, which alleges Trump illegally schemed to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Monday was the first time Trump's lawyers had appeared before Chutkan since she denied Trump's request to recuse herself from the case, which alleges Trump illegally schemed to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Monday was the first time Trump's lawyers had appeared before Chutkan since she denied Trump's request to recuse herself from the case, which alleges Trump illegally schemed to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Trump's campaign had seized on the proposal of a gag order in fundraising appeals, and Trump falsely characterized it as an attempt to prevent him from criticizing President Joe Biden."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Trump's campaign had seized on the proposal of a gag order in fundraising appeals, and Trump falsely characterized it as an attempt to prevent him from criticizing President Joe Biden."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Trump's campaign had seized on the proposal of a gag order in fundraising appeals, and Trump falsely characterized it as an attempt to prevent him from criticizing President Joe Biden."
Negative
-26% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Those comments, prosecutors said, risked undermining public confidence in the court system and causing witnesses or people who might be picked as jurors for trial to feel harassed and intimidated.
38% : Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny StudioProsecutor Molly Gaston on Monday had told the judge Trump's lawyers were arguing their client is "above the law" and not subject to the same rules as other defendants.

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