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Trump gag order partially lifted in hush money case ahead of first presidential debate

www.cnbc.com Trump gag order partially lifted in hush money case ahead of first presidential debate

A New York judge lifted parts of a gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump in his criminal hush money case.

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Blows my mind how much they bend over for this scumbag.
- But I recall reading that the DAs office was in favor of a partial lifting of the order. There is no reason to keep the order in place for witnesses, for example.
  
  Trump's lawyers wanted a full cancellation of the order and as far as I can tell the DA's side got everything it asked for and Trump's side only got the things the DA agreed to.
  
  There is no reason to keep the order in place for witnesses, for example.
  
  I’d argue there is plenty of reason to keep it in place for witnesses until all appeals have played out…
- The fear (a rational fear, I think) is that if they didn't, they'd potentially have an armed rebellion to deal with. Yea, it's shitty for this asshat to get gift after fucking gift but if there was any appearance of him being targeted he'd never fucking shut up about it.
  
  I'm done with their bullshit and I feel, for democracy's sake, we should just seize all the family assets to discourage future ass hattery and deal with the consequences now... but I also do appreciate my relatives not living in a war zone.
  
  If the rule of law leads terrorists to attack institutions, then we need to stop those terrorists with force. We should not bend over backwards to avoid angering the terrorists.
So Trump can attack witnesses that testified against him, but he can't attack jurors because the judge left that in place?

Why lift any part of the ban?

He kept most of it in place, why lift any part of it?
- Article says he lifted the part on the jurors, which seems dangerous?
  
  The article seems to contradict itself.
  
  You are right, it says that the part on the jurors was lifted, but then a few paragraphs later it says:
  
  "While he lifted that piece of the gag order, the judge ruled that a prohibition on disclosing juror information will remain in effect until further notice."
  
  So if that's correct then it's only the witness that the ban has been lifted on.
  
  But why is the article saying two different things about the jurors?
  
  And why the heck would any part of the gag order be lifted at all?
  
  Weird
And the juror doxxing will commence in 3... 2... 1...
- I hate that overused 3, 2, 1 meme.
  
  12 doxxing secrets jurors HATE
The judge is giving him more rope to hang himself with

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