I try not to tweet and talk simultaneously (and just came off air from another SCOTUS decision morning), but the Manhattan DA’s brief mostly opposing the lifting of the gag order deserves attention today. 1/
When the DA first sought a gag order, it presented evidence of the threats dating back to last year. But
now, he cites recent, serious threats, including “bomb threats at the homes of two people involved in this case” on the first day of trial & online death threats to the DA and his employees. 2/
now, he cites recent, serious threats, including “bomb threats at the homes of two people involved in this case” on the first day of trial & online death threats to the DA and his employees. 2/
Note that the DA does not want the gag order to remain in place in its entirety. They agree with Trump that it is no longer needed with respect to trial witnesses. 3/
But that is the beginning and end of their agreement. Before detailing why the gag order should remain in place for the safety of jurors and counsel (and their families), the DA claps back at Trump’s “patent disrespect” for the rule of law. 4/
In particular, they take umbrage at Trump’s straight-from-the-campaign-trail claim that Biden & Bragg are colluding to silence the candidate currently “winning” the election, as Trump’s brief claims. 5/
In some of the strongest language I can recall ever seeing from government lawyers, they write that Trump “offers no factual basis for this assertion, and there is none: The claim is a lie.” 6/
Alvin Bragg is a prosecutor’s prosecutor, and he speaks almost entirely through his papers. But the substance of these papers? Stark in calling out and giving dimension to Trump’s dangerous — and false — rhetoric. FIN.
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