New York Judge Juan Marchan on Tuesday imposed a gag order on former President Donald Trump ahead of a criminal hush money trial in Manhattan next month.
Marchan backed a motion by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to bar Trump from speaking publicly about jurors and “any known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses who may participate in the investigation.” Admitted.
Marchan also barred Trump from speaking publicly about the families of prosecutors, court staff, and staff attorneys other than Bragg. However, these statements are “made with the intention of seriously interfering” with the incident.
Marchand noted that Trump's past “threatening and inflammatory statements have not been denied.” [and] “Defamatory” statements cited in prosecutors' filings. “Such inflammatory and extrajudicial statements undoubtedly threaten to disrupt the orderly operation of this court,” the judge wrote.
The judge who oversaw Trump's New York civil fraud trial previously placed him under a gag order after he attacked the judge's chief clerk.
The order came on the same day that President Trump attacked the judge and his daughter at Truth Social, but prosecutors' motions had been filed weeks earlier.
Marchan on Monday rebuked the former president's lawyers over allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and scheduled Trump's trial for April 15.
“Judge Marchand is truly committed to future voter fraud trials,” said former federal prosecutor Harry Littman. tweeted. “He has a significant gag order against Trump. And as he showed yesterday, if Trump ignores it, especially after the jury is seated, he will uphold it.” You’ll be ready.”
