In court filings, the special counsel’s office said the gag order was needed to keep the former president from making “harmful and prejudicial attacks” on people in the federal election case.
Author: Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush
Witness Testimony Helps Prosecutors Advance Trump Election Case
The Justice Department’s success in compelling top aides to former President Donald Trump to testify to a grand jury moves the special counsel closer to a decision on seeking indictments.
Trump’s Special Master Ask Left Him Open to Justice Dept. Strike
A legal back-and-forth produced a straightforward narrative of how Mr. Trump and his lawyers repeatedly dodged the government’s attempts to recover sensitive documents for more than a year.
Cassidy Hutchinson’s Testimony Highlights Legal Risks for Trump
The former White House aide’s revelations about Jan. 6 chipped away at any potential defense that Donald J. Trump was merely expressing well-founded views about election fraud.