Donald Trump is once again free to comment publicly about the actions of jurors and witnesses in his hush money trial.Mr Trump will be sentenced on July 11, facing a maximum sentence of four years in jail.
The order had been in place since March 26, several weeks before the beginning of the trial, after prosecutors raised concerns about Mr Trump's tendency to rail against those involved in his many legal cases.The judge said it had been his "strong preference" to continue the order stopping the former US president from making comments about the jurors, but he upheld a separate order prohibiting the disclosure of their identities or addresses.
Mr Trump's lawyers had asked the judge to lift the gag order completely, arguing there was nothing to warrant restricting Mr Trump's First Amendment rights after the trial's conclusion. During the trial, Judge Merchan held Mr Trump in contempt of court, fined him $10,000 for violating the gag order, and threatened to put him in jail if he did it again.
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