Trump urges judge to reject proposed gag order in federal election case
Prosecutors have asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to order Trump to stop attacking potential witnesses.
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Prosecutors have asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to order Trump to stop attacking potential witnesses.
Prosecutors warned that Trump was charged with sowing lies that prompted violence and undermined democracy after the 2020 election, and suggested that he appears to be doing so again, this time targeting the judicial system.
Special Counsel Jack Smith's team sought the partial gag order following Trump's attacks on prosecutors and potential witnesses. Trump's lawyers called the effort unconstitutional.
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump asked federal Judge Tanya Chutkan to reject prosecutors' request for a gag order in a 25-page filing on Tuesday.
Trump's legal team claimed that the request from special counsel Jack Smith is too broad and threatens to chill the free speech rights of not only the former president.