Glenn Kirschner, a frequent Trump critic, says the rollback of Donald Trump's gag order may hurt Trump during his sentencing.
Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner says that while it may appear that presiding Judge Juan Merchan's partial lift on Donald Trump's gag order in his Manhattan criminal hush money case is a victory for the former president, it may 'come back to bite' him.A gag order was in place for Trump's New York criminal trial, prohibiting him from speaking about the witnesses, jurors, the judge, and their family members.
'In a phone interview with Newsweek on Thursday, Kirschner said there is 'absolutely' precedent for using social media posts and rhetoric in sentencing, especially because even when individuals delete potentially incriminating evidence of commentary, 'there's no such thing as deleting an electronic footprint.'Kirschner said, 'When we find things on social media that we believe are relevant to any sentencing issue...
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