Hawk Droppings - Ep 16: Trump Trial Update
This episode covers the contempt hearing where prosecutors sought to have Donald Trump held in contempt for violating the court's gag order nearly a dozen times. Prosecutor Chris Conroy argued that Trump's social media posts attacking witnesses like Michael Cohen and the jurors posed a threat to the proceedings and intimidated participants. He asked the judge to sanction Trump sufficiently to make him stop violating the order.
Trump's defense attorney Todd Blanche countered that Trump did nothing intentional and that his posts constituted protected political speech since he is a presidential…
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