The order restricts Trump’s ability to publicly target court personnel, potential witnesses, or the special counsel and his staff.
“This is not about whether I like the language Mr. Trump uses,” Judge Tanya Chutkan said.
Trump will appeal Chutkan’s order, he said in a post on his social media website Truth Social.
Following the two federal indictments against the former president, Trump has lashed out against prosecutors, potential witnesses and the judge overseeing the election subversion case in Washington.
Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s office say these comments are enough to warrant a narrow restriction on Trump’s speech around the case.
“He does not have the right to say and do exactly what he pleases.
If Chutkan does decide to place restrictions on what the former president can say, she won’t be the first judge to do so. »