Trump’s Gag Order Expanded To Include Judge’s Family

USA Today reports:

Former President Donald Trump was hit with a wider gag order in his New York criminal hush money case after repeatedly targeting the judge’s daughter in social media posts.

The late Monday order from Judge Juan Merchan blocks Trump from making public statements about family members of the judge or Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg if the statements are meant to significantly interfere with work in the case.

Merchan previously issued a similar gag order when it came to statements about court staff and prosecutors other than Bragg, as well as about family members of those individuals.

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