https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4163942-court-limits-trump-social-media-use/
A judge on Monday limited former President Trump’s social media use in connection to the an indictment in Georgia that charged him with 13 counts related to his and his allies’ efforts to overturn …
Didn't go far enough. He shouldn't be allowed to post a thing. That's worse than house arrest to him at this point.
That would border too close to government censorship, though. I hate this guy's posts as mixhtas the next person, but full restriction should apply if he keeps breaching previous agreements only.
Having said that, I hope he does breach this one.
When and if he's convicted.
If the judge goes to far before he's convicted the right is going to scream about first amendment rights.
I'm sure they're already screaming about it tbh. But they'd have more ammunition if the judge limits him before he's convicted.
I'm tired of this walking on eggshells bullshit. They can scream whatever they like. It's the judge's discretion. Their "ammunition" is useless.
Trump is a danger on social media. He has used it to get his fans to threaten and attack people and foment insurrection. He needs to be banned from using it before he does it again.
I do too, but so many R moves are designed to eventually escalate appeals to the cherry picked SCOTUS. Fucking scum, IMO
They're going to scream anyway, if they aren't already. Who gives a shit what they think anymore?
Well we better not hurt the feelings of the people who are perpetuating all of this, that would be mean.
I feel like they’re intentionally giving him a wide berth, so that when he inevitably violates the court-imposed restriction, the judge can turn around and say “look, I gave him as much consideration as I reasonably could, and he still violated the court’s orders, so I have no choice but to exercise punitive action”.
I positively cannot wait for the inevitable violation and consequent punitive action.
I positively cannot wait for the inevitable violation and consequent punitive action.
Strange way of saying "and the courts doing exactly nothing about it."
No judge is going to be willing to endure the shitstorm that would be associated with putting him in jail until the trial, and Trump isn't going to shut up until they do. So expect a lot of the legal equivalent of "I'm going to count to three......"
And expect the results to be the same.
Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee signed the order banning Trump from contacting his codefendants or witnesses in the case, except through their attorneys. It also bans the former president from intimidating codefendants or witnesses in the case, including through posts on social media.
I thought witness tampering and jury intimidation were already crimes...
And now for the enforcement!
... Infinity... Infinity minus one... Infinity minus two...
At best it's more like a ~9 year old, as he speaks at a 4th grade level. My boys are twelve and they're much more capable of being reasoned with than Trump is.
How remote are the chances that this stops him even slightly from spouting absolute nonsense into the void?
He'll shut up until he's goaded into giving an answer. And by goaded I mean "mildly questioned in any way". Then he'll violate the court order and probably confess to about 37 new crimes in the process.
Should take about 2 days. Max.
EDIT: He's got that interview with Tucker Carlson coming up. I don't know what the over/under is for how many crimes he'll confess to during that interview, but whatever that number is, I'm taking the over. And I have a better shot at getting blown by the entire Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad in alphabetical order than him walking out of that interview without violating the court order at least once.
The interview is prerecorded.
Not doing the Republican debate is probably partly not to incriminate himself further. Either by confessing to crimes, or committing more crimes by violating the court ordered restrictions (like jury intimidation).
Do you honestly think those dimwits are going to be smart enough to edit out anything incriminating? This is Trump we're talking about. The easiest way to edit out anything Trump says is to just cut Trump out of the interview entirely and replace him with a cardboard cutout.
And him not doing the debates is one of those situations where his personal goals just happen to line up with legitimate campaign advice. The man is up 40+ points in the polls, and showing no signs of slowing down. Showing up to the debates would do exactly nothing for him except make him an even bigger target than he already is, along with the legal jeopardy of confessing to crimes live on stage. Any campaign advisor worth a damn would advise him to avoid the debates like the plague even if he was squeaky clean. There's no reason to put yourself at risk of being caught up in a gaffe or some kind of "gotcha" moment when you already have an insurmountable lead.
They need precedent to do anything beyond that. And Trump will give it to them within the next 24 hours.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A judge on Monday limited former President Trump’s social media use in connection to the an indictment in Georgia that charged him with 13 counts related to his and his allies’ efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the state.
Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee signed the order banning Trump from contacting his codefendants or witnesses in the case, except through their attorneys.
“The Defendant shall perform no act to intimidate any person known to him or her to be a codefendant or witness in this case or to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice,” the order says.
This is not the first time the former president has been warned to limit his social media use and public statements in one of his ongoing legal battles.
U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing Trump’s federal 2020 election case, warned both sides of the case to take “special care” to avoid making any statements that could intimidate witnesses or prejudice the jury pool earlier this month.
The former president and 18 others were charged last week in Fulton County, Ga., for their actions related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the state.
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It's like taking a phone away from a child as punishment, but the kid throws a screaming tantrum so you give it back to them.
The only thing funny he ever said on Twitter was the Diet Coke thing, it's all complaints and nonsense other than that.
So, no big loss there.