Prosecutors said the former president’s defense team was trying to use an arcane law to derail the scheduled start of his trial on charges of mishandling classified material and obstructing justice.
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Trump Lawyers Assail Gag Order Request in Election Case
The former president’s legal team said that an order limiting his public statements about the case would strip him of his First Amendment rights.
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Request for Gag Order on Trump Raises Free Speech Dilemma
By putting the prospect of political violence at the heart of their argument to limit the former president’s statements about the election case, federal prosecutors raised issues that have little precedent.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee
Such routine oversight hearings have become a forum for lawmakers to air their grievances and seek to bolster an inquiry into the president based on inconclusive evidence.