Le même article de journal nous apprend que, durant l'une de ses nombreuses comparutions à la cour, le détenu a affirmé, au cours de son témoignage, que ses droits constitutionnels étaient violés par cette ordonnance de bâillonnement et que l'interdiction constituait, comme il l'a dit, une «question politique».
The same newspaper article informs that, during one of the inmate's numerous court appearances, he argued during his testimony that his constitutional rights were being violated by a gag order and, in his own words, that the ban was " a political issue" .