An attorney for former President Trump said he will seek to move Trump's criminal case from a state court in Manhattan to federal court.
An attorney for former President Donald Trump said Thursday he will seek to move Trump's criminal case from a state court in Manhattan to federal court.
At Thursday's hearing, Merchan heard arguments over whether he should issue a protective order that would prevent Trump from publicly discussing certain evidence turned over by prosecutors in the case. But Merchan said he is not imposing a gag order, and will not prevent Trump from speaking or defending himself in relation to anything already in the public sphere.
"In addition to your client being special, and I don't mean that in a negative way at all, with that comes the responsibility that his words can have consequences," said Merchan, whose impartiality has been called into question by Trump and his allies. In an April 24 filing requesting the order, a prosecutor cited derogatory social media posts and statements made about former special counseland his probe into links between Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia; Trump's two impeachment inquiries; and a Fulton County, Georgia, investigation into efforts to undermine the presidential election in 2020.
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