Prosecutors involved in the criminal trial against Donald Trump asked a judge on Monday to impose a gag order on the former US president, citing what they called his “long history of making public and inflammatory comments” about people. involved in their legal cases.
Manhattan prosecutors sought what they described as an order prohibiting Trump from making or directing others to make public comments about potential witnesses and jurors, as well as statements intended to interfere with or harass court staff, the prosecution team or your families.
Trump is accused in the case of paying hush money to a porn star, in which he faces 34 counts of allegedly manipulating business records as part of a cover-up.
The district attorney’s office is also seeking approval to show jurors the infamous “Access Hollywood” video, made public in the final weeks of Trump’s 2016 White House campaign, in which he bragged about grabbing genitals. of women without asking permission.
The gag order request cited threats to the prosecutor and his staff, and comes as Trump faces several civil and criminal legal proceedings.
In one of them, according to court documents released on Monday, the former president appealed the $355 million fine imposed on him by a New York court after finding that he manipulated the values of his properties to fraudulently obtain better credit conditions.
Trump faces 91 other criminal charges on four judicial fronts and has taken advantage of his troubles with the law to encourage his followers and denounce his likely opponent, Democratic President Joe Biden, alleging that the cases against him are just a way to “attack him.” ». “In the elections.
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