Appeals Court Freezes Gag Order Against Trump In Election Case

An appeals court panel has put a temporary hold on a gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump in a Washington D.C. election case.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Trendsetter Engineering Inc. in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 2, 2023. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

A federal appeals court on Friday put a temporary freeze on a gag order against former President Donald Trump, whose legal team filed an emergency motion Thursday to lift the gag order while his appeal plays out before the court.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an order on Nov. 3, requiring that the gag order imposed on President Trump by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan last month is “administratively stayed pending further order of the court.”