# Trump's comments after his arraignment **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [April 2, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038 "2023-04-02T17:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/41 "2023-04-03T06:22:59Z")
Hey, it turns out you don’t have to wait until Derangement Day to play! I’ve already heard about half of the ones on my Bingo card just from magaters in the last six hours. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/42 "2023-04-03T06:24:12Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Paging @Smapti… I’m bowing out of this one. Too easy. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/43 "2023-04-03T08:57:51Z")
“Stand back and stand by.” ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/44 "2023-04-03T11:54:15Z")
“I love the poorly educated!” The only true statement he ever said. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/45 "2023-04-03T12:09:44Z")
I’m making this statement from Moscow… ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/46 "2023-04-03T13:21:07Z")
> [@Yosh99](#): > > I wish the judge would impose a gag rule on Trump. In perpetuity. Dan ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/47 "2023-04-03T13:23:06Z")
The only thing I see missing from **aurora’s** brilliant post is a request for money. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/48 "2023-04-03T13:45:15Z")
My money’s on: _“I sincerely regret my actions, and their effect on my family, my wife and the American people. I acted inappropriately, and even childishly at times on online media, but I am ready to cooperate in a full and fair legal process”_ …I didn’t say it was a _good_ bet, but if I’ve got it right I can buy Disney 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/49 "2023-04-03T14:34:19Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Our once beautiful USA is now a Nation in Decline. Radical Left Insurrectionists, Extortionists, Crooked Politicians and Thugs have taken over our Country, & are rapidly destroying it. Y’know, if you take out the “Radical Left” part, it’s pretty much spot on. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/50 "2023-04-03T16:48:54Z")
“Biden Crime Family” in the center square. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/51 "2023-04-03T17:14:49Z")
My hopes: “Despite the Gag order from the racist judge I will not be MMPH WHPH WHUMP MUMPH !!” ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/52 "2023-04-03T17:17:01Z")
I couldn’t decide which card I wanted. I finally picked 2, and then narrowed it down to 1. Looking forward to playing! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/53 "2023-04-04T18:31:31Z")
I’m still holding out for a gag order, _especially_ now that he has tipped his hand and plans to stir up shit. So hopefully there _are no_ Trump comments after the arraignment. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/54 "2023-04-04T20:00:56Z")
Seriously, where’s his comments? I hope there was a gag order in there too. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/55 "2023-04-04T20:06:58Z")
He seems to be going directly back to Florida without pausing to speak. As for a gag order, apparently there isn’t one (from what I heard on TV a few minutes ago), the judge told both sides to tone it down and refrain from rhetoric that incites violence. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/56 "2023-04-04T21:29:37Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > the judge told both sides to tone it down and refrain from rhetoric that incites violence. Oh yes, I forgot about how the prosecution has been whipping up the pitchfork and torches crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/57 "2023-04-04T21:32:11Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > Oh yes, I forgot about how the prosecution has been whipping up the pitchfork and torches crowd. - I think the judge was referring specifically to Michael Cohen’s non-stop media tour. He’s one of the prosecution’s primary witnesses. His lawyer, Lanny Davis, needs to step in and muzzle him. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/58 "2023-04-04T21:38:57Z")
But it was after this that Rump Jr ( brought to you by, “Coke” ) posted pictures of both the judge and his daughter on Truth Social as an implied threat. Generally things like that aren’t tolerated. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/59 "2023-04-04T21:41:02Z")
I wonder if during the speech Trump will equate his being arrested today to Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination since today is the anniversary of that. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038/60 "2023-04-04T21:44:56Z")
I hope I didn’t imply that these things were equal events, what Trump Jr. and Michael Cohen were doing. I was just clarifying what the judge had in mind when he admonished the prosecutors. There could be consequences for Trump Jr. for doing it, but not for Trump Sr. unless it can be shown that _but for_ instructions by Trump Sr., Trump Jr. would not have acted. And even that is iffy, because enforcement of these types of offenses is difficult. There are all kinds of issues around freedom of speech. I think the judge made clear he was willing to “go there,” however, if the behavior does not abate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-comments-after-his-arraignment/982038.md?page=4)