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Merchan to end the gag order, arguing there is nothing to justify continued restrictions on the First Amendment rights of President Trump now that the trial is over...
Donald Trumps lawyers are asking a New York judge to lift the gag order that barred the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the criminal case that led to his conviction for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal...
Among other reasons, the lawyers said Trump is entitled to unrestrained campaign advocacy in light of President Joe Bidens public comments about the verdict last Friday, and continued public criticism of him by his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen and porn actor Stormy Daniels, both key prosecution witnesses...
Merchan issued Trumps gag order on March 26, a few weeks before the start of the trial, after prosecutors raised concerns about the presumptive Republican presidential nominees propensity to attack people involved in his cases...
Trumps use of the term sleazebag to describe Cohen just before the trial rankled prosecutors, but was not considered a gag order violation by the judge..
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