Source: Associated Press
“A judge on Tuesday modified Donald Trump’s gag order, freeing the former president to comment publicly about witnesses and jurors in the hush money criminal trial that led to his felony conviction, but keeping others connected to the former president’s case off limits until he is sentenced July 11. Judge Juan M. Merchan’s decision … clears the presumptive Republican nominee to again go on the attack against his former lawyer Michael Cohen, porn actor Stormy Daniels and other witnesses. Trump was convicted May 30 of falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal, making him the first ex-president convicted of a crime. In a five-page ruling Tuesday, Merchan wrote that the gag order was meant to ‘protect the integrity of the judicial proceedings’ and that protections for witnesses and jurors no longer applied now that the trial has ended and the jury has been discharged.” (06/25/24)