A courtroom clash on November 20, Trump’s legal team and the Justice Department went head-to-head over a gag order that Trump claims infringes on his constitutional rights in an election interference case.
Former President Donald Trump, a vocal critic of the order, argued that it stifled his core political speech during a crucial campaign period, framing it as an undue restriction.
Meanwhile, prosecutors defended the gag order as crucial for a fair trial, citing concerns of harassment and witness intimidation due to Trump’s history of criticizing potential witnesses on social media.
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U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who oversees the case, supported the gag order, emphasizing the immediate risks posed by Trump’s public attacks on individuals involved in the proceedings.
While the order allows Trump to criticize the Biden administration and assert political motivations, his legal team argues it unfairly restricts his campaign speech.
Prosecutors countered by accusing Trump of seeking special treatment and warned that allowing inflammatory language could lead to harassment and threats.
This legal battle echoes a similar situation in Trump’s ongoing civil fraud trial in New York, where a gag order was imposed after he targeted a judge’s law clerk on social media.
