
Congressional Republicans/Trump surrogates went on an extended unhinged rant outside former President Donald Trump’s trial, attacking Judge Juan Merchan and his family and referring to key witnesses as “a felon and a hooker.”
Trump is subject to a gag order that precludes him from attacking witnesses or the families of Judge Merchan and the prosecution team in the Stormy Daniels hush money-election interference trial.
But Trump surrogates have been showing up to court and launching attacks on those very individuals. On Thursday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) led members of the Freedom Caucus in a marathon series of attacks that included slamming Loren Merchan and referring to Daniels and ex-Trump fixer Michael Cohen as a…