Trump issued a silence order to reinstate the order, and Judge Chutkan made a ruling
In her latest ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan decided to reinstate the silence order issued by former Republican President Donald Trump. This ruling has attracted widespread attention and heated discussions. Chutkan, who was charged with federal attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, had previously ruled that Trump could not verbally assault prosecutors, court clerks and potential witnesses in the case, but could make critical statements to the Justice Department and denounce the criminal charges as politically motivated. Now, the silence order has been reinstated, giving Mr. Trump's defense lawyers a chance to appeal.
After Chutkan issued the silence order, Trump's defense lawyers appealed to a higher court and applied for a silence order to stay while the defense appealed. In a previous ruling, Chutkan agreed to the request, making the silence order temporarily invalid. However, the 29th Chutkan ruling to restore the effect of the silence order is still unknown, so it has given rise to many speculations and questions.
According to Reuters, Chutkan's ruling is related to the prosecution in the case, the team of Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith. Prosecutions accused Trump of trying to influence and intimidate potential witnesses in the case through social media statements during the moratorium. Smith's team had petitioned the court to silence Mr. Trump, citing Mr. Trump's accusations of "insanity" and his claim that Chutkan was "highly partisan."
According to the revelations, the prosecution is enlisting Mark Meadows, who served as the White House chief of staff during the Trump era, as a witness. Trump recently mentioned on social media that Meadows might have given Smith testimony, while the prosecution alleged that Trump was actually sending a clear message of threat.
In addition, the presiding judge in a federal civil lawsuit in New York State issued a silencing order against Trump and fined him a total of $15,000 for two violations of the law. In the lawsuit, Mr. Trump and his two sons are accused of inflating the price of the family's property in exchange for loans and insurance benefits.
Trump became the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges and is currently facing two federal and state criminal proceedings involving 91 counts. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges and insisted that he was politically persecuted and that political opponents tried to prevent him from running in the 2024 presidential election through lawsuits. Among them, Smith is responsible for investigating the federal election case and the "confidential documents" case, and the other two lawsuits are the "hush money" case in New York State and the vote count case in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Trump insisted on claiming massive fraud in the November 2020 presidential election and refused to accept the results. His supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to prevent Congress from certifying Biden's victory, resulting in a serious riot that killed five people and injured about 140.
Trump's silence order reinstated has attracted widespread attention. Judge Chutkan's ruling has attracted attention and speculation from all sides, and Trump has expressed his displeasure at it, calling it unconstitutional. Trump is currently facing multiple criminal charges and lawsuits that will have a significant impact on whether he will run in the 2024 presidential election in the future. We need to continue to pay attention to and explore the specific reasons and implications of this ruling.
Finally, we have a question for readers to ponder and comment: What do you think is the impact of Trump's silence order on the U.S. political and judicial system?