Manhattan D.A. asks for "narrowly tailored" Trump gag order ahead of "hush money" trial
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office asked a New York judge on Monday to impose a "narrowly tailored" gag order restricting what former President Donald Trump can say about those involved in the criminal case against him, which is set to go to trial next month.
The request came as one of a trio of filings in the case, which revolves around reimbursements for a "hush money" payment to an adult film star days before the 2016 presidential election. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records.
The district attorney's office asked Judge Juan Merchan for an order barring Trump from commenting on any prospective jurors in the case, "known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses" and prosecutors besides Bragg himself. The filing also asked him to restrict Trump from publicly discussing court staffers, employees of the district attorney's office and their families.
