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Appeals Court Upholds But Narrows Gag Order On Donald Trump
A federal appeals court upheld a narrower version of a gag order against Donald Trump on Friday in response to complaints from the former president about his right to free speech as a candidate for America’s highest public office.
U. S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing Trump’s federal election interference case, originally imposed the gag order in October to protect the integrity of the judicial process after Trump publicly smeared it.
Under Chutkan’s original order, Trump was barred from making any public comment against any potential witnesses, prosecutors, court staffers or special counsel Jack Smith, whom he has referred to as a “thug” and “deranged lunatic.”
The appeals court exempted Smith from the gag order, and said Trump was free to claim the whole case was politically motivated. He still cannot go after witnesses, court staff or attorneys other than Smith.
“[W]e hold that some aspects of the defendant’s speech pose a significant and imminent risk to the fair and orderly adjudication of this criminal proceeding,” the panel said.
“We do not allow such an order lightly,” it noted.
Trump’s team had challenged the original order by arguing that, as a presidential candidate — and the leading Republican candidate, to boot — the court had no right to restrict his speech.

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