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From the Epoch Times https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/election-case-judge-snubs-prosecutors-issues-limited-gag-order-5459534

It's not a complete gag order, just a gag order on any information the prosecutors deem "sensitive". So... most of the 11 million documents. To that I say, if EVERYTHING is sensitive, then NOTHING is. Partial article below.

WASHINGTON—District Judge Tanya Chutkan opposed the request by prosecutors to bar former President Donald Trump from revealing non-sensitive evidence provided to him by the prosecutors ahead of the trial on whether he conspired to illegally obstruct the counting of the 2020 electoral votes.

During an Aug. 11 hearing in Washington, she decided to issue a gag order that only forbids the release of information prosecutors label as sensitive.

The prosecutors, with the office of special counsel Jack Smith, requested a blanket gag order, citing concerns over safety and intimidation of witnesses.

The judge questioned the defense over the potential use of non-sensitive information to intimidate witnesses.

President Trump’s lawyer, John Lauro, a former federal prosecutor himself, responded that President Trump will abide by the pre-trial conditions, which already prohibit witness intimidation. He stressed that it’s the prosecutors’ job to prove why such a abroad restriction of the 45th president’s First Amendment rights is necessary.

He noted that the burden on President Trump’s rights is already significant, given that its up to the prosecutors to decide what information is and isn’t sensitive.

Federal prosecutor Thomas Windom said that most of the information ready to be handed over to the defense, over 11 million pages and files, will be marked as sensitive.

Mr. Lauro mentioned several times that President Trump is in the middle of an election campaign, but the judge refused to take that into account.

Mr. Windom suggested that President Trump was planning to release information before trial that could taint the jury pool in an effort to try the case in the media.

Mr. Lauro said that public speech isn’t grounds for a gag order.

The judge ultimately made the point that if President Trump would try to intimidate witnesses, there would be other mechanisms to address it—it could affect the conditions of his pre-trial release.

Mr. Lauro concurred, but noted that one of the key witnesses in the case, former Vice President Mike Pence, is among President Trump’s opponents in the primary race. The two should be able to have a back-and-forth during the campaign, he said.

The judge retorted that President Trump will face the same restrictions as any other criminal defendant.

Mr. Lauro wanted the prosecutors to mark what specific information is sensitive within each document. Mr. Windom considered that too challenging. The judge sided with the government.

To the displeasure of the defense, the judge refused to allow access to the evidence beyond President Trump’s staff lawyers.

The gag order is binding to both sides, even covering information that is or becomes public, she said. The defense would be required to ask for a modification of the order in order to release sensitive information that has become publicly available.

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They raided Mar-A-Lago... they are not holding anything back. They are going to come for everyone, starting with DJT.

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Anyone got a good list of the people to follow on Truth social?

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I saw the whole "Purchase on hold" stuff today and my mind immediatly thought, whats the way to destroy this company without actually having to buy it?

Get the purchase going, demand factual evidence of goings on in order to make smart financial decision.

Air out dirty laundry to the public, then be all "Nah fam, thats a bunch of bullshit, I aint buying that."

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Wife and I were worn out from a month of insanity, and wanted a way to wind down together. We thought "Hey, we used to LOVE the show Survivor! Let's check it out!"

So we sign up for Paramount+ to get our Survivor on!

Didn't even make it through the first episode. First off like a 3rd of the people are "Medical personnel" in some way shape or form so you know that means they are going to play up the clot shot.

Then they have multiple queer/gay characters which is not all that surprising, but this one guy has his sob story about missing his adopted daughter while his transgender pregnant husband works full-time.

Then the host asks "for 20 years, i've been saying 'come on in guys' is it time to retire that because of the word guys?" And the answer is YES!

The guy who said yes we should drop the word "guys" is like "survivor has changed so much in twenty years, now theres black and brown and LGBT people playing..." LITERALLY THE FIRST WINNER OF SURVIVOR WAS GAY!

I just...

We didn't finish the episode and cancelled paramount plus.

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My kid just had their mask confiscated by the principle and issued a paper mask. I'm pretty furious over this. I know theres factual info somewhere on the detriment of kids wearing masks, is there someone on here who has done a link tree or something I can get?