The Supreme Court on Monday declined to lift a gag order restricting President-elect Donald Trump from making statements about jurors, court staff, and their families in his New York criminal case.
Justice Samuel Alito handled the denial on behalf of the full court, marking the second time this year the justices have upheld the restrictions. There were no additional comments or notes from the justices, according to an orders list.
The contentious gag order was imposed ahead of the criminal trial in New York earlier this year before Trump’s May conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from hush money payments made to…
