Question.

[barbtries]

can the judge put a gag order in place tomorrow? Because trump is going to do his level best to get some people killed otherwise. Another perk of a gag order is that it very well may lead to him being found in contempt. many times. possibly even jailed.

i'm hoping the prosecution will move for this and come with bunches of evidence, his media posts, the picture of him threatening the prosecutor with a baseball bat, "death and destruction," etc

there has to be some way to convince the would be king that he is not going to be king. that he is facing criminal charges and needs to begin behaving accordingly.

[Ray Bruns]

1. Like a gag order would stop this fat fuck from bloviating his BS.

[allegorical oracle]

2. Exactly. Then he would be vulnerable to contempt of court charge(s). nt

[niyad]

3. But violating a gag order could land him in jail.

[JanLip]

4. Gag order

Would be the best thing to do to the fat-F but he will only have his cronies do his bloviating BS for him. There’s gonna be so much crap flung at us. I think I’ll go into hiding after tomorrow.

[barbtries]

5. right.

but if it's enforced, he'll be in contempt and could be jailed. depends on how seriously the judge takes it.

as it is he's inciting violence and trying the case in the court of his cult. it's an abuse of the first amendment and an insult to justice.

[llmart]

6. Gag order

Just the term gives me a pleasant picture of a bailiff stuffing a kitchen towel into his fat mouth and frog marching him out of the courtroom.

[barbtries]

7. yeah

my fantasies swirl around the judge reminding him that he is charged in a criminal proceeding and he needs to behave accordingly.

we all know he can't. we all know he doesn't believe the law applies to him. somehow (how? could it have been Nixon, Reagan, Bushes 1 and 2?) he's got about half the nation thinking the same thing. Not willing to die or go to prison for him, but willing to entertain the notion that he shouldn't be prosecuted for his CRIMES.

sigh. I hope this happens but the title of my OP stands: can it happen? any odds on it happening?

[ecstatic]

8. I think it would be really irresponsible to not put a gag order on him

Once he says something, it's too late. His violent / psychotic supporters already have their marching orders. You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube, so to speak.

[Wounded Bear]

9. Well, given that trump has already scheduled a speech for later that night...

it would be a good idea. Give him more reason to whine to his donors, though.

It's not like trump has a history of running his mouth, though.

(Yeah, that last one was )