Most of Trump’s gag order should remain active: Bragg

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg asked a judge to keep in place most of the provisions of a gag order the judge imposed on former President Donald Trump in April, according to a court filing made public Friday.

Prosecutors said that while they agreed with Trump that witnesses in the hush money case should be fair game for Trump to speak about now that his trial is over, prosecutors, court staff, and their families should remain off-limits.

The prosecutors’ argument came in response to Trump asking Judge Juan Merchan to terminate the gag order immediately because the end of the trial meant there was “no longer any basis” for the order.

Prosecutors did not specify a proposed end date to the gag order, but they did suggest that it would be premature to terminate it before Trump is set to be sentenced on July 11.

“Defendant’s demand that this Court precipitously end these protections, even before the sentencing hearing on July 11, is overstated and largely unfounded,” prosecutors wrote.