Oct. 29 (UPI) — Nearly two weeks after a gag order placed on Donald Trump was put on hold, a federal judge on Sunday ordered it be reinstated, barring the former president from publicly discussing the federal case accusing him of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Judge Tanya Chutkan had imposed the gag order Jan. 16, but froze it days later at the request of Trump’s counsel as they appealed the decision that silenced their client.
Then on Thursday, Jack Smith, special counsel overseeing the prosecution, asked that the gag order be reinstated after Trump made disparaging remarks online about his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, who has been granted immunity to testify in the case.
Specifics of the order were not yet available to the public, but Trump lambasted the Sunday decision online as an attack on his First Amendment to free speech.
“NOT CONSTITUTIONAL!” he said on his Truth Social media platform.
This is a developing story.
