The Manhattan District Attorney wants to expand Trump’s gag order after repeated posts about Judge Merchan’s daughter.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg called on Monday for Donald Trump’s gag order in his criminal „hush money“ trial to be expanded, citing the former president’s „dangerous“ and continued social media attacks against Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter.
Resulting from an investigation conducted by Bragg’s office, Trump is facing criminal charges in New York City stemming from allegations that he illegally falsified business records to conceal „hush money“ payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The payments were made to keep Daniels quiet about an affair she had with the former president in 2006. Trump has denied that the affair ever happened and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Merchan, who is overseeing the case, issued a gag order last week against Trump in response to his social media posts attacking himself and his daughter, Loren, who works in high-level Democratic political circles.
