Trump asks appeals court to stay gag order in D.C. 2020 election interference case

In a late-night court filing, former President Donald Trump's attorneys are asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay District Judge Tanya Chutkan's limited gag order in the D.C. 2020 election interference case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith.

Chutkan's order, Trump's lawyers allege, is "muzzling President Trump's core political speech during an historic Presidential campaign." 

His attorneys called Judge Chutkan's recently reinstated gag order move unprecedented, sweeping, and "viewpoint based."