The former president lashed out on Wednesday at Judge Juan Merchan’s adult child, complaining once again that the system is unfairly stacked against him.
To be fair, I don't think the gag order included attacking the judge
They just gotta keep up the illusion of consequences for Trump. Fines (which will never be collected). Gag orders (which will never be enforced). Bans from business and finance dealings (which will be reversed). But hey we're doing something!
It's infuriating. He gets treated with so much deference and kid gloves, and he's still acting like he's being persecuted. And the worst part is that his base eats it all up.
It's embarrassing at this point. "Don't make your Trumpanzees send death threats to my clerks." Donald makes his Trumpanzees send death threats to the clerks. "Oh, okay, you can post a much smaller bond and have some more time to get the money."
“Ope, jeepers gosh, looks like you’re still having trouble with it, we can setcha up with a zero negative-interest payment plan there so once yer done makin’ those payments, you’ll get a li’l reward to getcha back on yer feet”
The gag orders lately have been leaving out the judge, prosecutors, and their families. Wouldn't want an appearance of bias. What's a few death threats between friends?
They might be waiting for the people to finally do something about it. The government is infiltrated with members who put the well beings of very few over the majority of the people. We are improperly raging against the machine
Gag orders have narrow definitions so as not to infringe upon 1st amendment speech
Trump gets around this by raging at every every person in the periphery of the specific gag order. Can't talk shit about the jurors or the court clerks? Well judge such-and-such, you didn't say I couldn't say anything about you or your daughter! So he spews his vitriol at them and gets away with it. That's why he got slapped with like 3 increasingly more broad gag orders during the NY fraud trial. Telling Trump to shut his mouth is guaranteed to elicit a reaction.
Judges have already verbally reprimanded him for violating the gag orders and then do nothing to actually hold him accountable, just issue another toothless gag order. What did those 3 gag orders accomplish when he just kept violating them?
Normal people are put in contempt when they violate judges orders multiple times.
I feel I should caution you about something that can be misread as a plan to incite homicide or harm against a current or former president of a war-like nation. The American FBI has taken people from other countries, for a long time, and for less justification. Especially people living within 100mi of their northern or southern border are at added risk of a misunderstood heckling jab being interpreted as any kind of threat.
#freeSpeech and all, but we also don't draw cartoons of a certain deity for fear of a fiery doom.
Judge: "Don't do the thing or there will be serious consequences." Trump: Does the thing anyway. Judge: Does nothing. Trump: Smirks.
Judge: "I'm serious this time. Don't do the thing again or there will be serious consequences." Trump: Remembers what happened last time, does the thing again anyway. Judge: Does nothing. Trump: Smirks.
Judge: "I'm super duper serious this time. Don't do the thing again or there will be serious consequences." Trump: Remembers what happened last time, does the thing again anyway, says "what are you going to do about it?". Judge: Backs down, Does nothing. Trump: Smirks.
Judge: "I'm super duper serious this time. Don't do the thing again or there will be serious consequences." Trump: "Fuck off, I'll threaten anyone I want." Judge: Backs down, does nothing, again.
The next judge: "That's it, this is your final warning!" The media: "The courts are sick of this! They'll put a stop to this next time!" Everyone else: Presses X to doubt. Trump: "Fucking lol."
Seriously. I say again: Trump will die outside of any prison or jailhouse, having never been locked up, likely without even an ankle bracelet, of natural causes, while living a 1% lifestyle.
We should all be dialing back our expectations, fucking dystopian and infuriating as that may be.
Why is this "innocent" man constantly attacking the children of the court staff? Why the children??? Hes pretty consistent about it too which is also strange and extremely dangerous.
Because children can't defend themselves or fight back legally, whereas the judge can. Trump knows the judge has to maintain his veneer of impartiality so he doesn't open Trump to an easy appeal, so he'll threaten and attack the people around him instead. It's the old mob trick of "well gee, if Bobby ain't getting off, well..."
Agreed. I admit I may be looking for a reason to justifiably put him on ice for a bit, but I'm astounded at the restraint of a judge when a figure with a history of weaponizing hillbillies targets someone uninvolved in the current case. Even mafia didn't target the innocent relatives of doomed wiseguys.
There's literally a law for this and he's one of it's proponents, dude cried for years when people even mentioned barons martian looking ass. For real dude looks like a grey in a skin suit and that's coming from a fellow tall lanky white dude.