There also should be a gag order on Trump. Picture of him with blindfolded and gag would be helpful
Trump freedom of speech argument.
Everything that is said or done (minus any classified information) will be reported by numerous news sources. It ;may even be on TV. After the Trial Trump is free to say anything he wants. Court testimony will be available (minus the classified information)
Trump basically threatened anyone who testifies against him. What about their rights.,
18 U.S. Code § 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant
(b)Whoever knowingly uses intimidation, threatens, or corruptly persuades another person, or attempts to do so, or engages in misleading conduct toward another person, with intent to—
(1)
influence, delay, or prevent the testimony of any person in an official proceeding;
(2)cause or induce any person to—
(A)
withhold testimony, or withhold a record, document, or other object, from an official proceeding;
(B)
alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal an object with intent to impair the object’s integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding;
(C)
evade legal process summoning that person to appear as a witness, or to produce a record, document, or other object, in an official proceeding; or
(D)
be absent from an official proceeding to which such person has been summoned by legal process;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
People talk about free speech but they forget the exceptions to the rule
Categories of speech that are given lesser or no protection by the First Amendment (and therefore may be restricted) include obscenity, fraud, child pornography, speech integral to illegal conduct, speech that incites imminent lawless action, speech that violates intellectual property law, true threats, and commercial speech such as advertising.
Defamation that causes harm to reputation is a tort and also an exception to free speech.
So Trumps comments that he will go after them is not protected speech. Thus a judge should be able to rule on this.
There are multiple link to this topic by various sources. This is just one of them.
Trump stupidity knows no bounds. Catch it.