Trumps’s election campaign is being tempered by the law suit against him
By Daily Tab24. Updated: 8: 12 am. Aug 13, 2023.
“I will come here and I will say, ‘Hi, everybody, listen, I am not allowed to speak. Please vote for me. New Hampshire, if you would. Bye” Trump ridiculed the effort to limit his utterances to avoid making pre-judicial statements on his criminal cases. “I will talk about it. I will. They are not taking away my first amendment right.
Chutkan, the Judge handling the election fraud case made his opinion clear, when he elaborated on the factors that founded the decision.
“While I intend to assure Mr. Trump of all rights that any citizen would have, I also take seriously my obligations” to safeguard the integrity and respect the court and avoid the case sliding into “a carnival atmosphere of unchecked publicity and trial by media rather than our constitutionally established system of trial by impartial jury”
“Legal trials are not like elections to be won through the use of the meeting hall, the radio and the newspaper” the Judge went on to quote 1941 Supreme Court opinion drafted before the invention of internet and noted that Donald Trump’s case is not an exception.
Lauro, Donald Trump’s attorney detailed the effect of the decision of the Judge to interfere with Donald Trump’s public speeches, during campaign. “The risk is that someone can say something in the course of a heated debate or in a heated campaign, and they {prosecutors} are going to throw a flag ‘wait a minute, somewhere in the bowels of discovery there is something that is related to something you just said” he said.
“We have to face the fact we are in uncharted waters here, where we have a defendant running for office. And the opposing administration is bringing criminal charges against him” John Lauro pressed further “President Trump has the ability to respond fairly to political opponents not under chill” he concluded.
Donald Trump had previously decried that the criminal charges against him were politically motivated and aimed to interfere with the election he is significantly leading in the polls. Oppositions have said the former President was making a political statement but the latest episode is proving otherwise. Election campaign is all about the ability to convince voters and when a candidate’s expression or speech is controlled, automatically, the candidate will fail to convince voters.
The Judge did not put under consideration the press that would ask questions with no holds barred and the inability of Donald Trump to clarify questions regarding his criminal cases would be a win for his opponents. The press would love to create demonizing stories and headlines because questions not well answered or in details could be easily twisted to the delight of opposition.
This is the situation; Donald Trump was right, there is political interference going on and factually, the court is bound to interfere in the election because the case was not supposed to come to the court in the first place. US is truly in unchartered waters; a situation they have barely seen before – where bitter politics seem to swallow fairness and justice.
“There is a collision course here; Donald Trump will convince voters and he will speak during campaigns about his indictments and criminal cases. It is impossible to control what Trump gives back and those pushing for it should have known there is no way Trump would not say it all to convince voters to vote for him” a Trump supporter said.
Trump has vowed to speak freely and convincingly answer all questions regarding his criminal cases, when the Judge has made clear that it won’t be entertained by the court. The reaction of the court should Donald Trump walk his words would ultimately cement Donald Trump’s claim of deep election interference.
