Former President Donald Trump unloaded on U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan after she reimposed a gag order on him that she froze earlier this month.
Chutkan, who is overseeing Trump’s alleged election interference case based on charges filed by special counsel Jack Smith over the summer, unfroze her previous order in a late-Sunday filing.
Chutkan “also denied Trump’s request to issue a long-term stay of the order – which bars the former president from publicly targeting court personnel, potential witnesses or the special counsel’s team – while his appeal of it played out,” CNN added.
“Chutkan’s ruling appeared in a brief docket entry Sunday evening. Details of her ruling were not yet available,” the CNN report continued.
Trump took to his Truth Social platform to rip the reinstated gag order as an unconstitutional action that “will not stand.”
“I have just learned that the very Biased, Trump Hating Judge in D.C., who should have RECUSED herself due to her blatant and open loathing of your favorite President, ME, has reimposed a GAG ORDER which will put me at a disadvantage against my prosecutorial and political opponents,” he wrote.
“This order, according to many legal scholars, is unthinkable! It illegally and unconstitutionally takes away my First Amendment Right of Free Speech, in the middle of my campaign for President, where I am leading against BOTH Parties in the Polls,” he added.
“Few can believe this is happening, but I will appeal. How can they tell the leading candidate that he, and only he, is seriously restricted from campaigning in a free and open manner? It will not stand!” he continued.
He added later: “The Obama appointed Federal Judge in D.C, a TRUE TRUMP HATER, is incapable of giving me a fair trial. Her Hatred of President DONALD J. TRUMP is so great that she has been diagnosed with a major, and incurable, case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME!!!”
Axios noted further:
Prosecutors had argued that a gag order was necessary to protect the integrity of judicial proceedings, but Trump’s lawyers said it would violate his right to free speech and restrict his 2024 campaign.
Trump has lashed out at those involved in several of the criminal and civil cases he faces.
