Media frequently refers to the Manhattan trial of former President Donald Trump as the “hush money” case, even though the charges and conviction (whatever one thinks of their validity) were for falsification of business records regarding payments to his former attorney, Michael Cohen. Perhaps they would do better to refer to it as the “Hush your mouth” case, as the gag order imposed on Trump by trial judge Juan Merchan has been upheld by a New York appellate court, despite the fact that we are two months post-verdict and in the middle of a presidential election.
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court on Thursday denied Donald Trump’s bid to end a gag order in his hush money criminal case, rejecting the Republican former president’s argument that his May conviction “constitutes a change in circumstances” that warrants lifting the restrictions.
A five-judge panel in the…
