Lawyers for Donald Trump are asking a New York judge to lift a gag order on the former president ahead of a scheduled debate with President Joe Biden.
Trump attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove wrote to Judge Juan Merchan Tuesday and asked him to remove the order. Merchan blocked Trump from speaking freely and publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, and others before Trump’s trial concluded last week.
The attorneys argued that since the trial concluded, there is no longer a good reason for “continued restrictions on the First Amendment rights of President Trump,” according to POLITICO. Trump needs flexibility to respond to public statements from his campaign opponent, President Joe Biden, and trial witnesses, attorney Michael Cohen, and porn actress Stormy Daniels, the attorneys argued.
With the first presidential debate scheduled for June 27, Trump must also be able to address the…
