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Official kneels during

Pledge of Allegiance

to protest Trump

HADDAM, Conn. (AP) — A the conversation or hate
town official opposed to will continue to fester."
President Donald Trump's Haddam resident Marine
policies took a knee during Pablo Arroyo told Schlag
the Pledge of Allegiance she should protest on her
at a tense meeting packed own time.
with more than 100 people, "I am not here to disrespect
dividing community resi- you as you've done to my Selectwoman Melissa Schlag kneels for the Pledge of Allegiance
dents and furthering an in- flag, my country," Arroyo during a Haddam, Conn., board of selectmen meeting on
tense debate over protests said. Monday, July 30, 2018 at the Haddam firehouse.
and the First Amendment. Vietnam veteran and town Associated Press
Haddam Selectwoman resident Bob Wallin, who
Melissa Schlag faced jeers supported Schlag's right to call Schlag's protest Trump, a Republican, has
while she kneeled during to protest, said no one disrespectful. A crowd of said his immigration policies
the pledge on Monday has a right to tell her how about 75 rallied in a differ- and his plan to build a wall
and asked residents and and when to exercise free ent part of town in support along the Mexican border
politicians to not add words speech. of Schlag's protest. are meant to keep the Unit-
to her "silent protest." Before the meeting, about Schlag said she began ed States safe.
"I appreciate everyone 100 people organized by kneeling during the pledge Schlag said she has no
coming out because this is Republican governor's earlier this month to protest plans to seek higher office.
truly town government at its race candidate Tim Herbst Trump's summit with Russian She said she has received
best," Schlag, a Democrat, and state Sen. Art Linares President Vladimir Putin, his harassment and threats
said after the demonstra- rallied in the town, which hard-line stance on immi- over her protest and calls
tion. "We need to continue has about 8,000 residents, gration and other policies. for her resignation.q

Judge rejects gag order request in Stormy Daniels' case

By MICHAEL BALSAMO before the 2016 presiden- She's suing to invalidate the another 45 days because
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A tial election, she was paid nondisclosure agreement. of a federal investigation
federal judge rejected a $130,000 for her silence in Otero also agreed to con- into Cohen's business prac-
request for a gag order on a deal handled by Cohen. tinue delaying the case for tices in New York.q
Tuesday that would've pro-
hibited porn actress Stormy
Daniels's lawyer from dis-
cussing her lawsuit against
President Donald Trump
with reporters and the pub-
lic.
U.S. District Judge S. James
Otero's order came after
an attorney for Michael
Cohen, Trump's former
longtime personal lawyer,
alleged that Daniels' lawyer
had been running a "smear
campaign" against the
president. Cohen's attor-
ney, Brent Blakely, argued
Michael Avenatti's frequent
television appearances
and near-daily tweets
about Trump and Cohen
could taint future jurors.
The judge said last week he
had some concerns about
statements that Avenatti
has made about Cohen,
but the standard for a gag
order was high and it didn't
seem as though Cohen
had met that burden.
Daniels, whose real name is
Stephanie Clifford, has said
she had sex with Trump in
2006, when he was married,
a claim he denies. Days