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Judge Merchan Powerless to Stop Republicans Doing Trump's 'Dirty Work'

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The former president has brought elected Republicans with him to attend his Manhattan criminal trial.

New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan may be powerless to prevent Republicans from criticizing witnesses in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial, political scientists told Newsweek.The former president is prevented from commenting publicly on witnesses, jurors or other people involved in the case due to a gag order imposed on him by Merchan. However, on Monday, two Republican senators attended the Manhattan trial and offered their views to the media.

Representative Nicole Malliotakis, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall were also at the courthouse on Monday.Writing on X, Ron Filipkowski, editor-in-chief of MeidasTouch, said: 'So basically Trump's game plan is to have rotating Members of Congress show up, sit through 45 minutes of the trial, then have them come out and violate the gag order for him in front of the cameras.'MeidasTouch describes itself as 'a pro-democracy news network.

 

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