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"Until sentence is imposed, all individuals covered by Paragraph (b)" -- referring to members of the court staff, the district attorney's staff and their families -- "must continue to perform their lawful duties free from threats, intimidation, harassment, and harm," Merchan wrote in the ruling.

And although he struck the portion of the gag order pertaining to jurors, Merchan wrote that it would be his "strong preference" to extend those protections because there remains "ample evidence to justify continued concern for the jurors."

Someone help make sense of this. Why would you lift the gag order off jurors but not yourself?

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[–] pleasejustdie 45 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Because harassing the Jurors won't change the outcome of the case since the Jurors have already done everything they are going to do, so harassing them can no longer harm the case, which is probably his primary concern. He obviously would prefer that Trump not attack them, but he's giving Trump rope and a warning, so we'll see if Trump ignores the rope, or if he can't help himself but to open his mouth and stick his head in it.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago

I feel like Trump is constantly given rope and he always sticks his head in. The rope seems to be infinitely slack for him though.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

They literally built a gallow to hang the Vice President. They thought it would stop the results of an election.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Someone help make sense of this. Why would you lift the gag order off jurors but not yourself?

Merchan was never personally covered under the gag order. His family was, but not him.

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb 4 points 5 months ago

Someone help make sense of this. Why would you lift the gag order off jurors but not yourself?

My guess? Give trump a little wiggle room to give yourself room to regag him if he steps out of line also also give more credence to locking him up? Not really worth letting jurors get harassed but these judges are also out of touch with reality

[–] homesweethomeMrL 2 points 5 months ago

That is the weirdest hair, i think, possible.