Trump’s Lawyers Lash Out Against Gag Order Request in Hush-Money Case

Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday asked the judge overseeing his New York criminal case to throw out prosecutors’ request that he be barred from attacking witnesses and others involved in the trial, arguing that it would be “unconstitutional” to impose a gag order on the former president.

“American voters have the First Amendment right to hear President Trump’s uncensored voice on all issues that relate to this case,” his attorneys wrote in a filing first reported by ABC News.

The lawyers insisted that Trump’s political enemies would attack him on the basis of the case, which concerns his alleged efforts to conceal $130,000 in hush money payments made to the adult film star Stormy Daniels in the days leading up to the 2016 presidential election. “The voters have the right to listen to President Trump's unfettered responses to those attacks—not just one side of that debate,” they added.

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