Former President Donald Trump lashes out at Judge Tanya Chutkan after she reimposes a gag order designed to prevent the former president from attacking prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses in the federal election interference case against him.
In Colorado, meanwhile, opening arguments get underway in the case to try to keep Trump off the ballot in the state.On Sunday, Chutkan sided with arguments made by lawyers on Smith's team, reinstating a limited gag order on Trump that is meant to prevent him from making disparaging comments about prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses in the case against him,On Oct.
"This statement would almost certainly violate the Order under any reasonable definition of ‘targeting,'” Chutkan wrote in her ruling. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution disqualifies any person who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against the United States from holding office. The plaintiffs say Trump’s efforts to halt the certification of his loss to Joe Biden, which they argue resulted in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, fall squarely into that category.
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