Trump election interference case: Judge temporarily lifts Trump gag order

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The federal judge who is overseeing former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington decided to temporarily freeze a gag order she put in place earlier in the week.

Chutkan issued the gag order Monday which barred him from making statements publicly that targeted prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses,

The reason for the hold was to give “the parties more time to brief her on the former president’s request to pause the order while his appeal of it plays out,” according toChutkan said that the Justice Department has until Wednesday to respond to the former president’s request for a longer pause on the gag order,reported that Trump appealed the gag order to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in a 33-page filing on Friday.

Trump’s lawyers wrote in court papers Friday that neither the judge nor the prosecutors can justify the gag order. According to the AP, they said that Trump “has not unlawfully threatened or harassed anyone.” “By restricting President Trump’s speech, the Gag Order eviscerates the rights of his audiences, including hundreds of millions of American citizens who the Court now forbids from listening to President Trump’s thoughts on important issues,” the defense wrote in court papers that were obtained byIn August, Trump pleaded not guilty to four counts related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election., authorities charged Trump with conspiracy to defraud the U.S.

 

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