A New York judge has issued a new gag order on former President Donald Trump that specifically bars him from making public statements about witnesses, prosecutors or jurors in his first criminal trial.
The gag order also prevents Trump from directing others to make public statements about potential jurors, court staff or family members of staff.
This decision was made in response to a request for an order by District Attorney Alvin Bragg's legal team to limit extrajudicial statements made specifically by Trump for the duration of the trial.
The decision comes a day after a new date was set to begin the criminal trial, which is now expected to kick off with jury selection on April 15. It would be the first criminal trial featuring a former or sitting U.S. president.
Trump has previously been issued fines in civil trials in New York for making public statements about legal staff and their political affiliations that violated other gag orders. Earlier in the day, Trump went after the judge, Juan Merchan, and his daughter, on the former president's social media site, accusing them of political bias.
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