Bragg seeks narrow gag order for Trump, citing pattern of inflammatory rhetoric

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg asked a judge on Monday to impose a gag order in the hush-money case against Donald Trump in New York, citing the former president’s “long history” of public inflammatory remarks about those involved in Trump’s legal cases.

Bragg asked Judge Juan Merchan to prohibit Trump from speaking about witnesses when the speech involves their participation in the case, as well as from speaking about Bragg’s court staff or lawyers if the speech is intended to “materially interfere” with the case.

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