Donald Trump's New York civil trial judge dangled the threat of another gag order violation against the former president after a remark perceived as a threat against his court staff.
The judge presiding over Donald Trump's civil trial suggested Wednesday the former president violated a gag order for a second time that bars him from talking about court staff.
"Donald Trump has received ample warning from this Court as to the possible repercussions of violating the gag order," Judge Engoron said earlier this month.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to reinstate a gag order on Donald Trump, citing recent social media posts about the former president’s chief of staff that they said represented an attempt to influence and intimidate a foreseeable witness in the case.
Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to reinstate a gag order on Donald Trump, citing recent social media posts about the former president's chief of staff that they said represented an attempt to influence and intimidate a foreseeable witness in the case.
Jack Smith's team points to Trump's comments about his former chief of staff possibly getting immunity to testify in the 2020 election case after the judge paused her order gag order.
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s team urged a federal judge on Wednesday to reinstate the gag order she issued on Donald Trump in the former president’s 2020 election subversion criminal case, citing his social media posts railing against a potential tr…
WASHINGTON >> Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to reinstate a gag order on Donald Trump, citing recent social media posts about the former president’s chief of staff that they said represented an attempt to influence and intimidate a foreseeable witness in the case.
In court filings, the special counsel’s office said the gag order was needed to keep the former president from making “harmful and prejudicial attacks” on people in the federal election case.
Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing the prosecution of Donald Trump in his election interference trial, asked the court to reimpose a gag order on the former president for allegedly intimidating witnesses.
Former President Donald Trump's "targeting [of] a known witness" in his federal 2020 election interference case demonstrates why the gag order against him must be reinstated, special counsel Jack Smith argued in a late Wednesday night court filing.
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