Manhattan DA Seeks Gag Order vs Trump

Manhattan prosecutors have requested a gag order on Donald Trump to protect jurors and witnesses in the first criminal trial of a former president.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office asked that Trump be barred from making or directing others to make public statements about potential witnesses, prospective jurors, and members of the prosecution team and their families other than District Attorney Alvin Bragg. I Photo: Gage Skidmore Flickr

The filings noted Trump’s “longstanding history of attacking witnesses, investigators, prosecutors, judges, and others involved in legal proceedings against him,” the New York Times reported.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office asked that Trump be barred from making or directing others to make public statements about potential witnesses, prospective jurors, and members of the prosecution team and their families other than District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Boston Globe also reported.

The district attorney’s office is also seeking approval to show jurors the infamous “Access Hollywood” video, made public in the final weeks of Trump’s 2016 White House campaign, in which he bragged about grabbing women’s genitals without asking for permission.

Prosecutors contend the release of the 2005 footage, followed by a flurry of women coming forward to accuse Trump of sexual assault, hastened his efforts to keep negative stories out of the press, leading to one of the hush-money arrangements at the heart of the case, Michael R. Sisak and Eric Tucker also reported for the Associated Press (AP).

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