BREAKING: Donald Trump is dealt a crushing blow as a New York appeals court brutally rejects his attempt to end the gag order in his hush money trial.
And it gets even better...
"We find that Justice Merchan properly weighed petitioner’s First Amendment Rights against the court’s historical commitment to ensuring the fair administration of justice in criminal cases, and the right of persons related or tangentially related to the criminal proceedings from being free from threats, intimidation, harassment, and harm," the court ruled.
Trump's team was desperately trying to convince the court that the gag order is unfair because it supposedly limits his right to free speech and prevents him from responding to testimony from Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen.
Of course, Trump doesn't want to deliver some kind of level-handed response to Daniels and Cohen, he wants to smear and witness intimidate them.
"Justice Merchan properly determined that petitioner’s public statements posed a significant threat to the integrity of the testimony of witnesses and potential witnesses in this case as well," wrote the appeals court.
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