Court House News Service Article RatingHush-money judge slaps Trump with gag order ahead of Manhattan criminal trial
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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
|---|---|---|
| "But unlike that order, this latest one from Merchan is specifically aimed at Trump, rather than all parties in the case." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Prosecutors claim that Trump directed Cohen to make hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Trump claimed earlier this month that the requirement violates his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Merchan instituted the rule on March 8, after Trump had moved for a trial adjournment pending an unrelated U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Merchan ordered Trump not to make statements about counsel in the case other than the district attorney, members of the court's staff and the district attorney's staff, or the family members of any counsel or staff member." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Trump has repeatedly used social media to attack his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen, who is expected to be a key witness for prosecutors come the April trial." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Trump is no stranger to being gagged in court." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the case against Trump last year for falsifying business records related to the supposed hush-money payments, asked the court for a limited gag order last month." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "It was one of several scathing rulings from Merchan against Trump on Tuesday." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "With Tuesday's order, Trump will likely have to lay off those barrages." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "More recently, Trump lashed out at the judge's daughter with a series of Truth Social posts claiming that her job at a political public relations firm compromises her father's impartiality." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "The judge in his civil fraud trial instituted a similar order during those proceedings last year after Trump repeatedly attacked the judge's chief law clerk online and to the press." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "In his four-page order, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan precluded Trump from making or directing others to make public statements about known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses, as well as any prospective juror or any juror in the criminal proceeding." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "It was one of several scathing orders from the judge against Trump on Tuesday." | Negative | -68% Liberal |
| "The court's measure was indeed intended to assist with the management of its docket as well as to efficiently manage the case at bar, Merchan said Tuesday.Late motions, like Trump's presidential immunity claim, could serve to further delay the already-pushed criminal trial." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Prosecutors claim that Trump directed Cohen to make hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Trump claimed earlier this month that the requirement violates his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Trump's latest request to delay the trial came to a tee during a Monday court hearing, in which he argued that Bragg violated discovery rules after receiving a late batch of evidence from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Todd Blanche, Trump's attorney, argued that the evidence contained information that Bragg was required to share with the defense earlier in the case." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Merchan agreed, finding several of Trump's statements over the past several months to be threatening, inflammatory and denigrating.The consequences of those statements included not only fear on the part of the individual targeted, but also the assignment of increased security resources to investigate threats and protect the individuals and family members thereof, Merchan added." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "And you don't have a single cite to support that position?Merchan, after already granting a 30-day delay to hear the discovery arguments, denied Trump's bid to push the trial back any further." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Merchan instituted the rule on March 8, after Trump had moved for a trial adjournment pending an unrelated U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "MANHATTAN (CN) -- The New York judge assigned to Donald Trump's hush-money trial issued a gag order against the former president on Tuesday, barring him from making extrajudicial statements against potential witnesses and others involved in the criminal case." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Merchan ordered Trump not to make statements about counsel in the case other than the district attorney, members of the court's staff and the district attorney's staff, or the family members of any counsel or staff member." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Trump has repeatedly used social media to attack his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen, who is expected to be a key witness for prosecutors come the April trial." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Trump is no stranger to being gagged in court." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the case against Trump last year for falsifying business records related to the supposed hush-money payments, asked the court for a limited gag order last month." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "With Tuesday's order, Trump will likely have to lay off those barrages." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "In another, Merchan axed Trump's request to forgo having to ask for permission prior to filing a motion in the criminal case." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "More recently, Trump lashed out at the judge's daughter with a series of Truth Social posts claiming that her job at a political public relations firm compromises her father's impartiality." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "The judge in his civil fraud trial instituted a similar order during those proceedings last year after Trump repeatedly attacked the judge's chief law clerk online and to the press." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "In his four-page order, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan precluded Trump from making or directing others to make public statements about known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses, as well as any prospective juror or any juror in the criminal proceeding." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "It was one of several scathing orders from the judge against Trump on Tuesday." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
45% : But unlike that order, this latest one from Merchan is specifically aimed at Trump, rather than all parties in the case.42% : Prosecutors claim that Trump directed Cohen to make hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
42% : Trump claimed earlier this month that the requirement violates his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial.
37% : "Merchan instituted the rule on March 8, after Trump had moved for a trial adjournment pending an unrelated U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
34% : Merchan ordered Trump not to make statements about "counsel in the case other than the district attorney, members of the court's staff and the district attorney's staff, or the family members of any counsel or staff member.
33% : Trump has repeatedly used social media to attack his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen, who is expected to be a key witness for prosecutors come the April trial.
33% : Trump is no stranger to being gagged in court.
32% : Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the case against Trump last year for falsifying business records related to the supposed hush-money payments, asked the court for a limited gag order last month.
32% : It was one of several scathing rulings from Merchan against Trump on Tuesday.
31% : With Tuesday's order, Trump will likely have to lay off those barrages.
26% : More recently, Trump lashed out at the judge's daughter with a series of Truth Social posts claiming that her job at a political public relations firm compromises her father's impartiality.
26% : The judge in his civil fraud trial instituted a similar order during those proceedings last year after Trump repeatedly attacked the judge's chief law clerk online and to the press.
23% : In his four-page order, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan precluded Trump from "making or directing others to make public statements about known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses," as well as "any prospective juror or any juror" in the criminal proceeding.
16% : It was one of several scathing orders from the judge against Trump on Tuesday.
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