donald trumpformer president of the United States, said that “it would be an honor” to face the legal consequences, including the possibility of going to trial. jailfor defying a gag order imposed by the judge who will preside over his next trial, related to the payment of money to silence a porn actress.
“If this partisan pirate wants to put me in jail for telling the open and obvious truth, I will gladly I will become a modern Nelson Mandela, it will be my great honor”Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
Trump was referring to Judge Juan Merchan, who will preside over his trial in a New York state court in Manhattan, criminally accused of covering up a $130,000 payment before the 2016 election to porn actress Stormy Daniels to buy her silence. about an alleged sexual encounter.
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Trump, who faces Democratic President Joe Biden in the US presidential election on November 5, has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records and denies a meeting with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.
Merchan on April 1 expanded an existing gag order that had prohibited Trump from making public comments about witnesses and court staff to make clear that it also applies to family members. He did so after Trump disparaged Merchan’s daughter.
The impending hush money trial is one of four criminal cases Trump faces. He could be the only one to go to trial before the elections. The Republican has declared himself innocent of all of them and has described them as politically motivated.
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