Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a New York court on April 4.
Before Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan was done with the proceeding, he gave an admonition about Trump's use of social media.
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"Please refrain from making statements that are likely to incite violence or civil unrest," Merchan told Trump, according to the Washington Post.
Todd Blanche, a lawyer representing Trump, said his client was not happy about the warning.
"The former president had 'responded forcefully' and was 'frustrated' and 'upset' by the request," The Hill reported.
Trump's use of social media has been a primary tool he has implemented to encourage his followers.
Banned from Twitter in January of 2021 "due to the risk of further incitement of violence" after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Trump turned to Truth Social, the website and app he created to continue to communicate with his supporters.
One such post recently involved a photo of Trump holding a baseball bat next to a photo of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
At the arraignment, Blanche insisted Trump's Truth Social posts were not nefarious in their intent.
"Imagine anybody in this courtroom who was in that position," Blanche said, according to The Hill. "Every one of these posts are not threats."
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