Trump placed under limited gag order ahead of N.Y. hush money trial
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Source: Washington Post
NEW YORK — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s upcoming hush money trial in Manhattan issued a limited gag order Tuesday barring the former president from discussing witnesses and other people involved in the case, a move that could curtail some of Trump’s public comments as he campaigns for president.
Trump’s history of “prior extrajudicial statements establishes a sufficient risk to the administration of justice,” wrote New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, who ruled on Monday that the trial would begin with jury selection on April 15.
Trump is charged with falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment during the 2016 election, which prosecutors say was aimed at keeping information about an alleged affair from the voting public.
It is not the first limited gag order that has been imposed on Trump in recent criminal and civil litigation. Trump, who is known for making false and aggressive claims about those he disagrees with, was barred from speaking about a New York judge’s court staff during a civil lawsuit trial last year. U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing Trump’s criminal election interference case in Washington, has issued a gag order that protects witnesses and court staff.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/26/trump-gag-order-hush-money-trial/
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