Obama-appointed D.C. District Judge Tanya Chutkan reinstated a gag order against former President Donald Trump Sunday night, even though a federal appeals court in Washington has yet to review it. The vague gag order chills the former president’s ability to freely campaign on two of the most important issues ahead of the 2024 election: the integrity of the 2020 election and the ongoing interference in the 2024 election by the Biden Department of Justice in its political persecution of Trump.
As of last night, Trump and other “interested parties” — a catchall that Trump’s lawyers fear would include certain members of his campaign — are prohibited from making any public statements that “target” Special Counsel Jack Smith and other “government staff.”
Trump’s lawyers argue that the order is a violation of the former president’s…
