USA v Donald J. Trump, oral argument re gag order to US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit 11/20/23

For news coverage of this argument, see https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/20/trump-gag-order-appeal-argument-00128093

TRUMP INDICTMENT

‘A careful scalpel’: Appeals court signals it will cut back on Trump’s federal gag order

A three-judge panel consisting of all Democratic appointees suggested the gag order may have gone too far in restricting Trump’s speech.

By JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY

11/20/2023 01:42 PM EST

A federal appeals court panel appeared poised to significantly narrow a gag order imposed against Donald Trump by the judge presiding over his Washington, D.C. criminal trial.

The three-judge D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel raised concerns that the order — which bars Trump from targeting witnesses, prosecutors and courthouse staff in the criminal case related to his effort to subvert the 2020 election — created murky restrictions that stifled the former president’s right to push back against his detractors, particularly in the heat of a presidential campaign....

[for the rest of the article, see https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/20/trump-gag-order-appeal-argument-00128093]