Appeals court hearing arguments over Trump gag order in Jan. 6 case

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This hearing should be quick — likely an hour, tops.

Each party gets 20 minutes to make its case in front of the panel of three judges. As the party appealing a decision from a district court judge, Donald Trump’s attorneys go first. His lawyer can also reserve some of his time to respond after the government argument. But judges will often interrupt attorneys arguing in front of the D.C. Circuit with questions and allow the lawyers extra time to answer.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/20/trump-gag-order-hearing-jan-6-case/
 
Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s team, meanwhile, are urging the court to put back in place an order barring the Republican former president from making inflammatory statements about potential witnesses and lawyers in the case.

The prosecutors say those restrictions are necessary to prevent Trump from undermining confidence in the court system and intimidating people who may be called to testify against him. Defense lawyers call the gag order an unconstitutional muzzling of Trump’s free speech rights and say prosecutors have presented no evidence to support the idea that his words have caused harm or made anyone feel threatened.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-department-capitol-riot-f6e37b4193a408a990dd3837609acc8e
 
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