LEGAL: “Donald Trump’s lawyers warned Monday [March 4, 2024] that a gag order sought by New York prosecutors ahead of his March 25 hush-money criminal trial would amount to unconstitutional and unlawful prior restraint on the former president’s free speech rights.
Trump’s lawyers urged Judge Juan Manuel Merchan to reject the request, which prosecutors said was prompted by his ‘long history of making public and inflammatory remarks’ about people in his legal cases, as well as a spike in threats tied to his rhetoric.”
-Michael R. Sisak, “Donald Trump’s lawyers fight DA’s request for a gag order in his hush-money criminal case,” apnews.com, March 4, 2024