Judge Reinstates Gag Order on Trump in Federal Election Interference Case
A judge reinstated the gag order on former President Donald Trump in the federal criminal case charging him with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results. The order prohibits Trump from attacking prosecutors, court staff, and potential trial witnesses. The judge denied Trump's request to suspend the gag order indefinitely while his lawyers appealed. Prosecutors argued that Trump's inflammatory statements, including attacks on special counsel Jack Smith and comments about the testimony of his former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, were exactly the type of behavior the order was designed to prevent. The back and forth over the gag order has been a contentious legal battle, with Trump claiming his first amendment rights were being infringed upon.