• Flying Squid
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    511 year ago

    Didn’t go far enough. He shouldn’t be allowed to post a thing. That’s worse than house arrest to him at this point.

    • El Barto
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      181 year ago

      That would border too close to government censorship, though. I hate this guy’s posts as mixhtas the next person, but full restriction should apply if he keeps breaching previous agreements only.

      Having said that, I hope he does breach this one.

      • Flying Squid
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        321 year ago

        They didn’t let Kevin Mitnick use a computer for years. They can do the same to Trump.

        • @treefrog@lemm.ee
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          61 year ago

          When and if he’s convicted.

          If the judge goes to far before he’s convicted the right is going to scream about first amendment rights.

          I’m sure they’re already screaming about it tbh. But they’d have more ammunition if the judge limits him before he’s convicted.

        • pips
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          51 year ago

          Kevin Mitnick was convicted. Trump is not yet convicted.

      • snooggums
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        61 year ago

        Since he has breached previous agreements already I think we are to the taking away all his electronics step.

        Or we would in a just society.

        • keeb420
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          71 year ago

          or maybe he could be held in custody if he cant not break the law. like you or i would be if we were intimidating witnesses and judges.

      • keeb420
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        51 year ago

        if he cant be trusted not to break the law he should be in custody.

  • @gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    441 year ago

    I feel like they’re intentionally giving him a wide berth, so that when he inevitably violates the court-imposed restriction, the judge can turn around and say “look, I gave him as much consideration as I reasonably could, and he still violated the court’s orders, so I have no choice but to exercise punitive action”.

    I positively cannot wait for the inevitable violation and consequent punitive action.

    • snooggums
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      11 year ago

      You will be waiting indefinitely. When has he ever been punished for his antics? Why would that change now?

      • @Elderos
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        31 year ago

        Because of the criminal charges?

  • Neato
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    221 year ago

    Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee signed the order banning Trump from contacting his codefendants or witnesses in the case, except through their attorneys. It also bans the former president from intimidating codefendants or witnesses in the case, including through posts on social media.

    I thought witness tampering and jury intimidation were already crimes…

  • @Navarian@lemm.ee
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    161 year ago

    How remote are the chances that this stops him even slightly from spouting absolute nonsense into the void?

    • @Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world
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      131 year ago

      He’ll shut up until he’s goaded into giving an answer. And by goaded I mean “mildly questioned in any way”. Then he’ll violate the court order and probably confess to about 37 new crimes in the process.

      Should take about 2 days. Max.

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    71 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    A judge on Monday limited former President Trump’s social media use in connection to the an indictment in Georgia that charged him with 13 counts related to his and his allies’ efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the state.

    Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee signed the order banning Trump from contacting his codefendants or witnesses in the case, except through their attorneys.

    “The Defendant shall perform no act to intimidate any person known to him or her to be a codefendant or witness in this case or to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice,” the order says.

    This is not the first time the former president has been warned to limit his social media use and public statements in one of his ongoing legal battles.

    U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing Trump’s federal 2020 election case, warned both sides of the case to take “special care” to avoid making any statements that could intimidate witnesses or prejudice the jury pool earlier this month.

    The former president and 18 others were charged last week in Fulton County, Ga., for their actions related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the state.


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  • @ScrollinMyDayAway@lemm.ee
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    41 year ago

    It’s like taking a phone away from a child as punishment, but the kid throws a screaming tantrum so you give it back to them.