Federal prosecutors are seeking to obtain a gag order against Dr. Eithan Haim, a Texas surgeon charged with violating HIPAA after exposing evidence of child transgender surgeries at Texas Children’s Hospital.
Haim’s attorneys claim the gag order would be an unconstitutional effort to suppress his free speech.
The prosecutors filed the motion to silence Dr. Haim and his legal team insist that their posts on social media could “interfere with a fair trial” and “prejudice the Government or the administration of justice.”
Haim’s posts include “inflammatory language” criticizing the prosecution and referring to pretrial proceedings. However, The Federalist noted that “a review of the various posts” shows they simply reiterate “the same legal points made in briefing and argument before the court.”
Nevertheless, prosecutors claim the posts…
