Former President Donald Trump has been accused of violating New York Judge Juan Merchan’s gag order two days before his Manhattan hush money trial is set to begin.
On Monday, Trump is set to become the first former president in United States history to stand trial in a criminal case. Following an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, Trump was indicted in March 2023 on charges of falsifying business records relating to hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. Daniels alleged that she had an affair with Trump in 2006, which he has denied.
Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, has pleaded not guilty to all charges and has said the case is politically motivated against him.
On Saturday, Trump took to his social media platform Truth Social to rant about New York attorney Mark Pomerantz and his former lawyer turned critic Michael Cohen. Cohen is a star witness for Bragg in the upcoming trial.
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“Has Mark POMERANTZ been prosecuted for his terrible acts in and out of the D.A.’s Office. Has disgraced attorney and felon Michael Cohen been prosecuted for LYING? Only TRUMP people get prosecuted by this Judge and these thugs! A dark day for our Country. MAGA2024!!!” he wrote.
Newsweek reached out to Trump’s spokesperson via email for comment.
Pomerantz assisted then-Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. in an investigation into Trump’s business dealings until he resigned from the case in February 2022, citing frustrations with Bragg’s initial hesitance to pursue the hush money case against Trump. Bragg took over as Manhattan DA in January 2022.
Joyce Vance, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama under the Obama administration, posted side-by-side screenshots on Saturday of Trump’s Truth Social post and his gag order on X, formerly Twitter, and wrote: “There is a gag order that prohibits Trump from making public statements about witnesses…
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