Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked the judge who presided over his business records falsification criminal trial in New York to lift a gag order banning him from commenting on court staff, witnesses, prosecutors, jurors, and others tied to the criminal case.
In a letter sent to Justice Juan Merchan on June 3, attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove argued the order imposed on their client in March amounts to a continued violation of his First Amendment rights.
