Donald Trump’s Trying to Get the Judge to Overturn the Civil Trial Gag Order.

Why is he so insistent on this?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readNov 28, 2023
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Well, the saga of Donald Trump’s legal woes continue. It should come as no surprise that the former President remains deeply concerned about the gag order that the judge placed on him, and his team is still doing everything they can to get it lifted.

“…Trump’s comments on his civil and criminal cases have caused thorny legal battles as the courts struggle with putting a leading presidential candidate on trial. Trump has appealed gag orders in two cases: the New York fraud trial and the pending federal election conspiracy trial. Last week, Georgia prosecutors sought to revoke the bond of Harrison Floyd, one of Trump’s co-defendants in a state election racketeering case over his social media posts, but the judge refused…”

The longer this goes on, the more I find myself wondering why Donald Trump is so determined to be able to talk about this case publicly. Of course, the obvious answer is that the hallmark of Trump’s campaign, both in 2016 and 2020, is to make himself a victim. There’s nothing he enjoys more than to be able to tell the base that someone is out to get him. In the middle of yet another campaign, obviously Trump would like to be able to bring it up at his rallies or when he does interviews.

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Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx