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Trump’s D.C. Gag Order Hearing

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Mary Mccord, Legal, Andrew Weissmann, Msnbc, Politics, District Attorney, Trump, Trump Legal, President, Trump Indictment, News, Manhattan D.a., Trump Indicted, Trump Charged, Indictment, Alvin Bragg, Charges

4.86.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Listen to the entire hearing debating the validity of Donald Trump’s D.C. gag order.

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0:00.0

Oh yay, yay,

0:04.0

yay. Oh yeah all

0:15.0

all persons having business before the honorable the United States Court

0:19.3

Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit or admonish to draw near and give their attention

0:24.4

for the court is now sitting. God save the United States and this honorable court.

0:29.1

Be see it please.

0:40.0

Case number 23-3-3190, United States of America versus Donald J. Trump, Mr. Sauer for the appellant Mr. Vender for the athlete.

0:44.4

One.

0:45.6

Thank you, Your Honor.

0:53.4

May it please the court.

0:54.3

John Sower appearing on behalf of the appellant,

0:56.4

President Donald J. Trump.

0:59.8

Gag order in this case installs a single federal district judge as a filter for core political speech

1:06.0

with a leading presidential candidate and virtually every American voter in the United States at the very height of a presidential campaign.

1:15.1

The order is unprecedented and it sets a terrible precedent for future restrictions on core political

1:21.3

speech.

1:22.3

The Supreme Court said in Republican Party of Minnesota

1:24.6

against White that we have quote never allowed the government to prohibit candidates

1:29.2

from communicating relevant information to voters and it's not the role of the government to

1:33.8

dictate what is what topics are appropriate or necessary to discuss in the

1:39.0

context of a political campaign. The gag order does both of those things. Cases involving gag orders

1:45.4

imposed on criminal defendants where political candidates, the Brown and

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