CBS News fact checked four misleading claims Trump made about his trial in remarks he made Friday morning.
Former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial concluded Thursday with a , and in Friday morning, Trump continued to repeat false or misleading claims that framed the legal verdict as a partisan political attack.
CBS News fact checked four of Trump’s claims about his trial on Friday morning. Claim 1: “This is all done by Biden and his people.”
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed President Biden was behind the criminal trial in Manhattan: “They are in total conjunction with the White House and the DOJ, just so you understand,” Trump said Friday morning a day after his conviction. “This is all done by Biden and his people.” What we know
This claim is false. Mr. Biden had no direct influence or power over the attorneys or the judge involved in this case. Further, the case was not brought by the U.S. Department of Justice. It was brought by the . The trial did not take place in federal court, but rather within the court system in New York. Claim 2: “Now I’m under a gag order, which nobody has ever been under. No presidential candidate has ever been under a gag order before.”
On Friday, Trump said he is still under a gag order from Justice Juan Merchan, echoing what his lawyer, Todd Blanche, said on Fox News Thursday. What we know:
CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson said Merchan hadn’t yet lifted the gag order, as of Friday, the day after Trump’s conviction. Separately, Reuters reported he “will likely lift” the order.
originally only prohibited Trump from speaking about witnesses and court staff, but it was expanded April 1 to prohibit Trump from speaking about Bragg’s family and Merchan’s family after Trump repeatedly invoked Justice Merchan’s daughter on social media.
