They certainly have … although not enough, apparently. While Judge Aileen Cannon offered a skeptical view of a gag-order demand from special counsel Jack Smith on Donald Trump earlier today, Judge Juan Merchan chose to keep his gag order in place.
However, Merchan did narrow its scope to allow Trump to respond to public criticism, in some cases coming from people protected until now by the gag order:
Judge Merchan partially lifts President Trump’s gag order – President Trump still can’t speak about the crooked judge his crooked daughter, and the crooked DAs, but we can! pic.twitter.com/1WX55R3Eyv
— Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 (@KarluskaP) June 25, 2024
Former President Donald Trump can now publicly speak about witnesses like Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels who testified at his New York criminal trial, according to a court order on Tuesday that rolls back parts of a gag order…