The judge in Donald Trump’s federal election interference case has reinstated a gag order on the former president.
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a gag order in the case back in early October, banning Mr Trump from making statements about prosecutors, court personnel and potential witnesses in the case.
But, the order was briefly put on pause on 20 October as Mr Trump’s attorneys appealed the decision.
Last week, Special counsel Jack Smith’s team urged the judge to lift the stay and reinforce the ban, after Mr Trump was fined $10,000 for breaking a gag order in his separate civil fraud case in New York.
On Sunday evening, Judge Chutkan sided with Mr Smith’s team and reinstated the ruling.
Mr Trump immediately lashed out on Truth Social at the ruling, claiming yet again that it is a violation of his First Amendment rights to free speech.
“The Corrupt Biden Administration just took away my First Amendment Right To Free Speech. NOT CONSTITUTIONAL! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN…” he wrote on Sunday night.
In a follow-up post, he added: “I have just learned that the very Biased, Trump Hating Judge in D.C., who should have RECUSED herself due to her blatant and open loathing of your favorite President, ME, has reimposed a GAG ORDER which will put me at a disadvantage against my prosecutorial and political opponents. This order, according to many legal scholars, is unthinkable!
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