NY Judge Considers Limits on Trump's Publicizing of Evidence in Criminal Case

A New York judge will hear arguments over a proposed protective order in Donald Trump’s criminal case that would limit the former president’s ability to publicize information about the investigation. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is seeking to restrain Trump’s access to the evidence it turns over to his attorneys in the case, citing in part Trump’s social media posts about Bragg and potential witnesses. Trump’s attorneys oppose the DA’s proposal, arguing that the state should be just as restrained as Trump from what information it can discuss publicly. Prosecutors’ charges against Trump stem from Bragg’s investigation into hush money payments made during the 2016 campaign to women who claimed they had extramarital affairs with Trump, who has denied the affairs.