'Get ready': Ex-White House lawyer expects Judge Merchan to smack Trump down
James Schultz, a former Trump White House lawyer, said that he expected Judge Juan Merchan to find that former President Donald Trump violated his gag order by promoting conspiratorial claims about jurors in his hush-money case.
Appearing on CNN Thursday, Schultz was asked about Trump promoting baseless claims leveled by a Fox News host that some jurors were "lying" about their feelings about Trump so they could sneak onto the jury and convict him no matter the evidence.
"He's referencing the jurors, he's pushing out something someone else said, yes, but the bottom line is [the gag order] applies to him," said Schultz. "So I think the judge is going to see this as a violation of the gag order."
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He then outlined what he believed would happen next.
"Get ready," he said. "They're going to continue and continue and continue. Sure, the judge can fine him, he can admonish him, he can do a lot of things in the courtroom. He's not going to throw him in jail, his trial's still going to continue, and you're still going to hear from Donald Trump on Truth Social."
Schultz was then asked to specify if he personally believed that Trump had violated his gag order, and he nodded to indicate that he did.
Trump has continuously pushed the envelope in his hush-money trial by attacking Merchan's daughter, promoting derogatory claims about prospective jurors, and overtly slamming witnesses.
So far, however, he has not been fined for any violations of his gag order, let alone faced any jail time.
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