🚨This appears to be a gag order violation. Habba’s title is Trump’s “legal spokesperson.” The gag order also restricts Trump from “directing others” to make statements like this about witnesses in addition to Trump making statements. https://t.co/vYvJyhOUVn
— Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) May 8, 2024
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, but in a situation where re-posts count as violations of the gag order, yes, it seems very likely to me that Trump's paid spokesperson trashing one of the witnesses would also count: he is just trying to use other people's mouths to say what his can't.
It's clear that Stormy Daniels' testimony made Trump very uncomfortable, and looking again at her story, I see why: it isn't really a story about a fully consensual fling. Although there is some playfulness (the rolled magazine part), the invitation to dinner to have...not-dinner and the discussion of a possible Celebrity Apprentice spot that now looks more like there were sexual strings attached, it seems clear she felt obligated or manipulated into sex. I don't think that it makes him look MORE of a creep to me but solidifies the type of creep he is.
But at the same time, "family values" choir boy Speak Mike Johnson was saying this: