Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in court with members of his legal team for an arraignment on charges stemming from his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in New York City, April 4, 2023.
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The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on Monday asked a judge to impose a gag order on former President Donald Trump ahead of his upcoming trial on charges of falsifying business records related to a 2016 hush money payment to a porn star.
Prosecutors want Trump barred from making comments about witnesses and jurors in the case. They also want him barred from directing other people to make public statements about witnesses or jurors.
“And the need for such protection is compelling,” the D.A.’s office said in its request, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court.
Trump “has a long history of making public and inflammatory remarks about the participants in various judicial proceedings against him, including jurors, witnesses, lawyers, and court staff,” the filing said.
“Those remarks, as well as the inevitable reactions they incite from defendant’s followers and allies, pose a significant and imminent threat to the orderly administration of this criminal proceeding and a substantial
likelihood of causing material prejudice.”
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