This story is from October 16, 2023

Partial gag on Trump in 2020 election interference case

A federal judge, Tanya Chutkan, has issued a gag order against Donald Trump in the ongoing election subversion case. The order prohibits Trump from posting attacks against the special counsel, court staff, potential witnesses, or expert testimony. Trump's defense argues that the order is unconstitutional and an attempt to stifle his freedom of speech during the campaign.
Partial gag on Trump in 2020 election interference case
A federal judge, Tanya Chutkan, has issued a gag order against Donald Trump in the ongoing election subversion case. The order prohibits Trump from posting attacks against the special counsel, court staff, potential witnesses, or expert testimony. Trump's defense argues that the order is unconstitutional and an attempt to stifle his freedom of speech during the campaign.
In the ongoing 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump , the federal judge Tanya Chutkan presiding over the matter issued a narrowly defined gag order on Monday.
This order prohibits the former Republican president from posting or reposting attacks against the special counsel, his staff, court staff or personnel, and statements against potential witnesses or expert testimony.

Trump’s defense called the gag order request unconstitutional and a “desperate effort at censorship.”
Donald Trump's attorney, John Lauro, accused the prosecutors of attempting to stifle a political candidate's freedom of speech in the midst of a campaign.
However, the judge firmly responded that Trump does not possess an unrestricted right to say and do as he pleases.
The judge, Chutkan, pointed out, "You keep using the term 'censorship' as if the defendant has absolute First Amendment rights. He does not. What we're discussing here are restrictions to ensure a fair administration of justice in this case."
Chutkan also read aloud some of the remarks Trump had made about her, where he had labeled her a "radical Obama hack."

Although she expressed being less concerned about such statements directed at her, she clarified that Trump's free speech rights do not extend to language that knowingly encourages threats and harassment against individuals merely doing their jobs.
Prosecutors argued that their proposal would not prevent Trump from publicly declaring his innocence.
In court papers, they wrote that Trump was demanding “special treatment” by claiming “he should have free rein to publicly intimidate witnesses”
"In this case, Donald J. Trump is a criminal defendant, subject to the same rules as any other," said Smith's legal team.
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