The order came after Trump recirculated a disparaging social media post about the judge's principal law clerk.
Jack Smith’s team accused Trump of using increasingly incendiary rhetoric to try to undermine the public's confidence in the justice system and taint the jury pool.against Donald Trump in Washington imposed a narrow gag order on him on Monday, barring the Republican former president from making statements targeting prosecutors, possible witnesses and the judge's staff.
Trump's lawyers fiercely opposed any gag order, saying it unconstitutionally hinder his political speech.of using online attacks to try to undermine the public’s confidence in the justice system and taint the jury pool. Chutkan, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, repeatedly warned Trump’s lawyer to keep politics out of the courtroom, and she cut him off when he suggested the case was politically motivated.
Chutkan also read aloud statements Trump has made about her, deriding her as a “radical Obama hack.” Although she said she was “less concerned” about statements that Trump has made about her, she said his free speech doesn’t extend to language that knowingly invites threats and harassment of “people who are simply doing their jobs.”
Trump’s campaign had seized on the proposal of a gag order in fundraising appeals, and Trump falsely characterized it as an attempt to prevent him from criticizing President Joe Biden.
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