This is Michael Popoc with the Legal A.F. Hot Take. We got a new order from Judge Mershaun, who's getting ready for an April 15th criminal trial against Donald Trump, and he's granted the people, represented by the Manhattan DA's request for a gag order on Donald Trump.

Yet another gag order on Donald Trump, this time before his first criminal trial

will have to sit in the well of a courtroom in April to answer charges

in 31 counts of a criminal indictment related to business record fraud and

cover-up conspiracies related to that, and election interference

fraud arising out of the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Cover Up affair.

New order just came out, hot off the presses, if if you will by Judge Mersharn here it is

I'll read it from you order that the people's motion for restriction on extra

judicial statements meaning outside the courtroom by the defendant

Trump is granted to the extent that the defendant is directed to refrain from the following.

So it's a narrower gag order but one to the judge is eminently comfortable with as it

wins its way through the inevitable appeal by Donald Trump not yet filed. But this is what he is currently Trump gagged as of the date of this order.

Making or directing others to make public statements about known or

reasonably foreseeable witnesses concerning their potential participation

in the investigation or in this criminal proceeding,

making or directing others to make public statements

about known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses.

Stop commenting on witnesses, either as part of the investigation or in the criminal case, that's one, two.

Making or directing others to make public statements about counsel in the case,

lawyers in the case, other than the district attorney.

He wants to go after Alvin Bragg, he can't.

He can't go after members of the court staff

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