In a lengthy post to Truth Social on Saturday, Donald Trump airs a string of grievances ramping up to the start of his hush money trial on April 15, focusing mainly on a gag order from Judge Juan Merchan attempting to keep him from berating people involved in the case.
In the expanded order, handed down on Monday, Merchan writes that Trump's "pattern of attacking family members of presiding jurists and attorneys assigned to his cases serves no legitimate purpose. It merely injects fear in those assigned or called to participate in the proceedings, that not only they, but their family members as well, are 'fair game' for Defendant's vitriol." But if Trump's recent posts to social media are interpreted correctly, he views this behavior as nothing more than speaking the truth; saying he'd happily go to jail in order to continue doing so, and comparing himself to South African anti-apartheid activist, Nelson Mandela.
