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Trump loses latest round of gag order appeal in hush money case at New York’s top court
Donald Trump lost the latest round of his gag order appeal in New Yorkthis time at the state’s Court of Appeals. The rejection of the Republican presidential nominee’s appeal was on the list of motions decided by the top court on Thursday.
Judge Juan Merchan had partially terminated the order after the former president was found guilty in May on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. With the trial over, Merchan ended the order’s restrictions related to trial witnesses and the jury, but he kept them in place for speech targeting Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s staff, court staff, their family members as well as family members of Bragg and Merchan.
The intermediate state appeals court last month rejected Trump’s argument that the trial’s conclusion warranted terminating the order completely prior to sentencing. “The fair administration of justice necessarily includes sentencing,” the appeals court wroteciting the limited nature of the remaining order and noting that “threats received by District Attorney staff after the jury verdict continued to pose a significant and imminent threat.”
Trump succeeded last week in getting Merchan to postpone the sentencing until after November’s presidential election. When it comes to the remaining gag order, that means it stays in place for that much longer, with Thursday’s rejection potentially being the final word on the matter. It’s unclear if Trump will seek to appeal further to the U.S. Supreme Court, which gave him broad criminal immunity in the July 1 ruling that led to his New York sentencing being postponed.
Merchant”https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/pdfs/PeoplevDJT-Letter-Adjournment-Dec9-6-24.pdf” target=”_blank”> is slated to decide on Nov. 12 whether Trump’s Manhattan verdicts can stand in the face of the immunity decision. If they can, then Merchan said sentencing will proceed Nov. 26, though Trump’s lawyers have signaled that they will seek to immediately appeal any adverse ruling prior to sentencing, so that latest delayed Nov. 26 date could be pushed back further.
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Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and is the author of “Bizarro,” a book about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined BLN, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.
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Former Michigan state lawmaker announces Democratic primary challenge against Rep. Shri Thanedar
Former Michigan state Sen. Adam Hollier on Monday launched a Democratic primary challenge against two-term Rep. Shri Thanedar.
The announcement marks Hollier’s third attempt to secure the House seat representing most of Detroit. Hollier previously served as a Michigan state Senator from 2018 to 2022 and has also led the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
“From housing to daycare to the rising costs of everything from groceries to the brakes on our cars, we’re in a real crisis in this country,” Hollier said in a press release announcing the run. “We need bold solutions and leaders who won’t back down in the face of this challenge.”
Thanedar, an Indian American Democrat, has held Detroit’s plurality-Black district since 2023. Hollier, who is Black, came up short to Thanedar in the 2022 primary and didn’t make it onto the ballot in 2024. Leaders within the Congressional Black Caucus have previously rallied around Hollier.
Thanedar, a multimillionaire, has largely self-funded his congressional bids since taking over the seat held by former Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence.
“The last thing we need are more millionaires and billionaires like Elon Musk and Shri Thanedar who are only in it for themselves,” Hollier said.
“While everyday Michiganders are struggling, Shri Thanedar is spending hundreds of thousands of their hard-earned tax dollars putting up self-portraits of himself all over the district,” he added. “That’s something only Donald Trump would be proud of.”
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