Trump Loses In New York Court Of Appeal, Judge Refuses To Cancel Ban On Talking About Money Shut Up Case

JAKARTA - New York's appeals court rejected former President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a no-word order in a criminal case of silence in New York.

As reported by ABC News, Thursday, August 1, a panel consisting of five judges from a mid-level New York appeal court rejected Trump's argument that a gag order was no longer needed since the former president's trial was over, and ruled " fair justice administration must include punishment."

The sentence against Trump, originally scheduled for last month, was postponed until September 18 given the Supreme Court's decision regarding the president's immunity.

Judge Juan Merchant imposed a gag order in March, barring Trump from making public comments about judges, witnesses, court staff, and individual prosecutors in cases other than Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Merchants insulted Trump 10 times for violating a gag order, fined the former president 10,000 US dollars, and threatened to imprison him if he violated another gag order.

Merchant revoked several gag orders in June in connection with the jury and witnesses, but left part of the gag order to prevent statements about court staff, prosecutors and their families.

New York's Appeal Division found other provisions of the gag order justified in part due to continued threats to Bragg and his staff.

"Contrary to the opinion of the applicant, the submission of evidence of the People who oppose his motion at the Supreme Court shows threats received by the prosecutor's staff after the jury's decision continues to pose a significant and immediate threat," the verdict said.

Trump was found guilty in May of 34 counts of crimes falsifying business records related to payment of mouthtones in 2016 to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to increase his election opportunities in the 2016 presidential election.

As reported by ny1.com, in general, a ban on speaking is a judge's order that prohibits a person or some of the people involved in the court case from commenting publicly on some or all aspects of the case. In Trump's case, the order was entitled "The Order for Restrictions on Statements Outside the Court", with "out of court" meaningful outside the court.

The order to silence everyone, especially in cases that get a lot of attention, is meant to prevent information presented outside the courtroom from affecting what is happening inside.

Trump was also ordered a ban on speaking in Washington's federal election criminal interference case. The order limited what he could say about witnesses, lawyers in the case, and court staff, although an appeals court released him from speaking about special adviser Jack Smith, who filed the case.