Former President Donald Trump lost an appeal Tuesday of a gag order in the New York criminal trial against him slated to begin next week.
Associate Justice Cynthia Kern, of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, ruled against Trump.
The ruling by Kern, which took 12 minutes, came despite Trump’s lawyers’ attempting to have a complete panel of appellate judges amend or set aside the gag order in Trump’s so-called hush money trial, according to the Associated Press.
It was the Trump team’s second try this week to alter the gag order, which prohibits Trump from speaking publicly about jurors, witnesses and others related to the case, the AP said.
“The First Amendment harms arising from this gag
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