Trump hit with gag order in New York hush money case after slamming judge

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Trump hit with gag order in New York hush money case after slamming judge

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the hallway outside a courtroom where he is attending a hearing in his ********* case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a ***** star in New York City, U.S., March 25, 2024. 

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A judge on Tuesday imposed a limited gag order on Donald Trump ahead of his upcoming ********* hush money trial in New York.

Trump must refrain from making public statements about likely witnesses and jurors in the case, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan said in a court order.

Trump is also barred from speaking about lawyers in the case, court staff, employees in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and their family members if those statements are made with the “intent to materially interfere” with the case, the judge ruled.

Merchan’s order still allows Trump to speak out about Alvin Bragg, the D.A. prosecuting the former president on charges of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to ***** star Stormy Daniels.

The gag order does not specifically bar Trump from criticizing the judge.

The decision, which granted a Feb. 22 request by Bragg to restrict Trump’s speech about the case, came hours after Trump tore into the judge as a “Trump Hater” on social media.

Trump in multiple Truth Social posts called on Merchan to recuse himself from the case, and roped the judge’s daughter into his attacks by pointing to her work for a Democratic consulting firm.

The fusillade against Merchan came one day after the judge scheduled the trial to start April 15 — rejecting a bid by Trump’s attorneys to delay it further.

Trump, who was in court when Merchan delivered that decision, said at a press conference afterward that he would be willing to testify in the trial.

A lawyer for Trump did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on the gag order.

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