“This is not about whether I like the language Mr. Trump uses,” Judge Tanya Chutkan said.
Trump will appeal Chutkan’s order, he said in a post on his social media website Truth Social.
Following the two federal indictments against the former president, Trump has lashed out against prosecutors, potential witnesses and the judge overseeing the election subversion case in Washington.
“When you start to use a word like ‘thug’ to describe a prosecutor doing their job, that wouldn’t be allowed by any other criminal defendant,” Chutkan said.
Limited gag order issued in NY fraud trialIf Chutkan does decide to place restrictions on what the former president can say, she won’t be the first judge to do so.
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CNN, Justice Department, Prosecutors, Trump
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Washington, York