Trump Posts Fox News Clip Slamming Judge’s Daughter Literal Hours After New Gag Order Ruling
Former President Donald Trump posted a video of Fox hosts slamming Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter Loren Merchan less than 24 hours after the judge issued a new ruling expanding Trump’s gag order.
On Monday evening, Judge Merchan issued a ruling that expanded an existing gag order that prohibited Trump from attacking court staff, prosecutors, and witnesses. The new ruling also forbids attacks on Merchan’s own family, and that of District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Trump attacked the judge Tuesday morning in a post, demanding he “be recused.”
Later in the morning, Trump posted a Fox News clip that he captioned “JONATHAN TURLEY: “THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEW YORK LEGAL SYSTEM IS AT STAKE HERE…”
The clip is from Tuesday morning’s edition of Fox & Friends, and contains a full six-minute-plus segment with pro-Trump attorney Jonathan Turley.
But toward the end of the interview, Kilmeade repeats attacks on prosecuting attorney Matthew Colangelo and Loren Merchan than have been fact-checked and found to be baseless and in one case an apparent hoax:
BRIAN KILMEADE: Lastly, just on the massive gag order put on the former president, United States in the oven, Brad case, because they don’t want him talking about prosecutor Matthew Colangelo, and they don’t want him talking about the judge’s daughter.
But Matthew Colangelo was in the Justice Department with Joe Biden. That is outrageous to president Trump.
Also, the fact is, the judge’s daughter, wa– is a activist who works for, Kamala Harris? And there was some some dispute on whether she did have a picture up on a website with Donald Trump behind bars.
That, to me is something that if I’m Donald Trump, I’m concerned about that. The judge has a daughter who feels this way.
Turley said that while he opposes the gag order, “I would prefer that Trump leave these attacks or issues raised with the judge’s family to his counsel. I think that’s always the better approach.”
Watch above via Fox & Friends.
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