Former President Donald Trump was hit with a wider gag order in his New York criminal hush money case after repeatedly targeting the judge’s daughter in social media posts.
What’s in the order? Judge Juan Merchan’s ruling blocks Trump from making public statements about family members of the judge or Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg if the statements are meant to significantly interfere with work in the case. Merchan had issued a similar gag order when it came to statements about court staff and prosecutors other than Bragg, as well as about family members of those people.
What happened? Trump’s posts over the past week attacked the daughter, Loren Merchan, as “a Rabid Trump Hater,” included a photo of her and referred to her role leading a marketing agency that works with Democratic candidates and nonprofits.
