Judge imposes partial gag order in Trump 2020 election case

A limited gag order has been imposed on Donald Trump in his 2020 election subversion case. The federal judge overseeing the case said she was barring the former president from making statements targeting prosecutors, possible witnesses, and the judge’s staff. U-S District Judge Tanya Chutkan said there would be no restrictions on statements criticizing the Justice Department generally or statements about Trump’s belief that the case is politically motivated. But she said he can’t mount a “smear campaign” against prosecutors and court personnel. The former president’s lawyer strongly opposed the gag order.