convicted ex-president s latest bid to lift the gag order in the hush money interference case. what does it mean? right now donald trump is prohibited from attacking witnesses, prosecutors, jurors, court staff, and their family members. judge juan merchan has found donald trump to be in violation of the gag order ten times and the 11th could land him in jail as the judge has warned publicly. new york court refusing to hear trump s appeal, quote, upon the grounds that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved. or asa friend joyce vance put it, donald trump s first amendment rights are not violated by the order. it is a rebuke, of course, to team trump which has argued it had constitutional questions of the highest importance. it was part of a political appreciate to getting the gag order lifted and there is an important reason for that. there is nothing, the only presidential candidate running as a convicted felon wants to do more than delegitimize this proce