With Donald Trump now facing gag orders in New York and D.C., a look at other notable gag orders and what happened when they were violated.
Former president Donald Trump faces two partial gag orders barring him from making certain types of public statements related to his upcoming D.C. trial on federal charges of seeking to block Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, and to a New York civil fraud case about inflating property valuations.by failing to remove a social media post about a court clerk from his website. That same day, he asked for the D.C.
Here are some other examples from notable cases where gag orders were violated — by defendants or others involved in the cases.for lying to Congress and covering up his efforts to learn about hacked Democratic emails before the 2016 election. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman JacksonStone posted on Instagram a photo of Berman Jackson with an image that resembled rifle scope crosshairs next to her head. In response, Jackson expanded her gag order,about the investigation or case against him.
Circuit Judge John Nugent ruled that Mosby’s post was “a willful violation of this court’s gag order” andHer successor as state’s attorney eventually dismissed the murder charge against Davis.Watkins represented a witness in the criminal trial of former Missouri governor Eric Greitens. His client was the ex-husband of the woman whom Greitens had an affair with, and then allegedly assaulted and blackmailed.St.
a gag order on both sides 10 days before the 2009 federal trial. Six days later, Hill gave a television interview in which he said “people... have shown that during the Bush Administration that Democrats were targeted,” and other similar statements the judge felt could influence jurors.Hill was sentenced to 30 days in jail for contempt of court; his lawyer received a $5,000 fine and a 120-day suspension of his license. Hill also was convicted on the bribery and conspiracy charges.
A judge barred attorneys from publicly discussing the case ahead of Nichols’s trial in 2000. The defense moved successfully to disqualify Macy, saying he had “an emotional personal stake in the outcome of this case” and violated the order during an interview with CBS News on the fifth anniversary of the attacks in which he said,"I certainly feel that death would be the appropriate punishment for killing 19 babies.
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