Hush money prosecutors say gag order covers judges daughter after Trump attacks | KLRT [Video]

Manhattan prosecutors and former President Trump are sparring over the scope of the gag order imposed on the former president in his hush money criminal case less than three weeks out from the start of trial.

The former president has continued to direct his rage at Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter in social media posts after Merchan this week refused to delay Trump’s trial and approved prosecutors’ request to gag him. 

In separate letters made public on Friday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) office and Trump’s lawyers argued over whether the gag order’s language reaches the families of both the district attorney and the judge.

The order limits Trump’s public statements about “the family members of any counsel or staff member” involved in the case.

But, it explicitly enables Trump to continue attacking Bragg himself and also does not appear to restrict Trump’s statements about the judge.

“The People believe that the March 26 Order is …