Don Jr., Tiffany Trump Attend Hush Money Trial Closing Arguments -- As Melania And Ivanka Avoid It

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "We have a lot of them, they want to come, and I say just stay back and pass lots of laws to stop things like this," Trump said as he continued to decry the legal case against him, though he told reporters the following day his surrogates at the trial were "speaking very beautifully" about him.
46% : That's raised concerns among legal experts that Trump could be using his allies -- whom he termed his "surrogates" on Tuesday -- to speak on his behalf, which could violate the gag order's terms.
44% : Daughter Ivanka Trump and wife Melania Trump have yet to make an appearance in court.
41% : While the Times reports that Trump's advisors are behind the rotating group of politicians accompanying Trump to the trial, the ex-president told reporters on May 13 that he was urging Republicans to stay home.
36% : While attending the trial as press and not part of the ex-president's entourage, several Trump-friendly media personalities have also been spotted in court, including Fox host Jeanine Pirro, whom Trump acknowledged in court on May 10, and Newsmax host Greg Kelly, who reportedly stood up and gave Trump a thumbs up in court on May 9.
34% : Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., also took aim at Johnson for going to court on Tuesday, tweeting she "[has] to admit I'm surprised that [Johnson] wants to be in the 'I cheated on my wife with a porn star' club."
31% : Trump is on trial for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, stemming from reimbursement checks he paid to Cohen after his ex-attorney paid Daniels $130,000 right before the 2016 election to cover up allegations of an affair.
25% : He has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and has decried the trial as a "witch hunt," also complaining about the legal proceedings -- which, as a criminal defendant, Trump is required to be at -- taking away his ability to campaign.
25% : Trump is barred under a gag order from speaking out against witnesses, the jury, and other participants in the case, but the judge has ruled he violated the order 10 times.
23% : Daniels told the jury about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump -- saying she "blacked out" during the episode, though she wasn't drugged, and wanted to get out of there "as fast as I could" -- while Cohen testified Trump had direct knowledge of and involvement in the hush money scheme.
21% : (Trump has denied allegations of an affair with Stormy Daniels.)
9% : Former President Donald Trump's children Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Tiffany Trump are attending their father's criminal trial on Tuesday for closing arguments, a rare showing by the ex-president's family at the courthouse as Trump has brought a rotating entourage of political allies to the courthouse.
8% : The gag order prohibits Trump from speaking out against various people involved with the trial, or directing others to, though the Times notes it's unlikely Merchan could say Trump violated the gag order unless there was clear evidence he directed people to speak for him.
3% : Some of the politicians who have appeared at Trump's trial have made comments that Trump is barred from making under the gag order against him -- namely criticizing Judge Juan Merchan's daughter, who Trump has accused of being biased against him because she does work for Democratic politicians.

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