Trump’s ’emergency motion’ to shut down Jan. 6 judge’s gag argues ‘muzzling’ him violates 100 million Americans’ right to hear his ‘powerful voice’ criticize ‘Biden Department of Justice’

Former President Donald Trump dances on stage

Former President Donald Trump dances on stage during a commit to caucus rally, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

In an “emergency motion” for a stay pending appeal of a gag order issued by the trial judge in his Jan. 6 federal prosecution, former President Donald Trump and his lawyers argued that the “muzzling” violates his rights and the rights of “over 100 million Americans who listen” to his “uniquely powerful voice” as he criticizes the “Biden Department of Justice and the prosecutors” looking to imprison the “leading candidate for President of the United States.”

The motion filed Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit began by asserting that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s gag order is unprecedented, by “muzzling President Trump’s core political speech during an historic Presidential campaign.”

Attorneys D. John Sauer and John Lauro argued that the Jan. 6 case gag order “violates the First Amendment rights of President Trump and over 100 million Americans who listen to him,” as it was based only on “an unconstitutional ‘heckler’s veto”” and speculation of an “actual or imminent threat to the administration of justice.”

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