Wednesday, March 27, 2024 – A New York judge on Tuesday, March 26 issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from making public statements about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial.
Judge Juan M. Merchan cited Trump’s previous comments about
him and others involved in the case, as well as a looming April 15 trial date
in granting the prosecution’s request for a gag order.
“It is without question that
the imminency of the risk of harm is now paramount,” Merchan wrote.
New York Prosecutors had asked for the gag order citing what
they called his “long history of making public and inflammatory remarks” about
people involved in his legal cases.
The order also bars Trump from making or directing others to
make public statements about people involved in the trial, but it does not
apply to the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg because he is an elected
official.
The gag order adds to restrictions put in place after
Trump’s arraignment last April that prohibit him from using evidence in the
case to attack witnesses.
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