Donald Trump's lawyers on Friday argued that a limited gag order barring him from targeting witnesses constitutes judicial overreach and a grievous violation of the First Amendment.
The claim, made in an appeals court filing ahead of a hearing next week, seeks to permanently lift an order imposed by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan last month in the federal case Trump faces for his efforts to remain in office after losing the 2020 presidential election, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Chutkan's Oct. 16 order never barred Trump from speaking broadly about the case, in which he has pleaded not guilty. Instead, it narrowly constrained the former president and 2024 hopeful from targeting prosecutors, court staffers and potential witnesses.
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