Trump Loses Appeal of Gag Order In Hush Money Criminal Case.

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NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - A New York state appeals court on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's challenge to a gag order in his hush money criminal case, where the former U.S. president was convicted in May on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-loses-appeal-gag-order-hush-money-criminal-case-2024-08-01/

The decision by the Appellate Division in Manhattan means the Republican presidential nominee cannot comment publicly about individual prosecutors and others in the case until Justice Juan Merchan sentences him on Sept. 18, seven weeks before the Nov. 5 election.

 

[Donald H]

The system, so close to an election, will function almost exclusively according the the outcome of the presidency.

Decisions made such as this one are pending.

 

[rampart]

The system, so close to an election, will function almost exclusively according the the outcome of the presidency.

Decisions made such as this one are pending.

this should have been resolved years ago. there must have been a vast cinspiracy to make this hurt trump in the election.

 

[Donald H]

this should have been resolved years ago. there must have been a vast cinspiracy to make this hurt trump in the election.

Pro or con for Trump, that can only be decided after the election.
Any pre-election effect is in Trump's favour.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

this should have been resolved years ago. there must have been a vast cinspiracy to make this hurt trump in the election.

It would have been but Trump repeatedly delayed things, filing appeals and complaints and so on, it's absolutely taken this long mostly because of Trump's well known delay tactics.

There's no good reason for you to not already know this.