Hearing for Trump criminal case set for Thursday [View all]
Source: CBS News
May 2, 2023 / 9:58 PM / CBS News
Former President Donald Trump's criminal case in Manhattan will have its second public hearing Thursday morning when a judge considers arguments over whether he should limit what Trump can say publicly about the evidence against him. Trump will not be in attendance at the hearing, the first in his criminal case since his April 4 arraignment, when he entered a not guilty plea to 34 felony counts of falsification of business records.
At that hearing, a Manhattan prosecutor said the two sides were "very close to agreement" on a protective order that would have barred Trump from discussing or posting on social media about evidence received as part of discovery in the case.
Those discussions have since stalled, and on April 24, a prosecutor for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg requested that Judge Juan Merchan implement the protective order without the defense team's approval. The order would prevent Trump from making copies of discovery material and would require prosecutors' consent before Trump could view forensic images of witnesses' phones.
The prosecutor's filing includes a series of examples in which Trump has made posts "attacking" witnesses and others involved in other investigations. The examples included social media posts and statements made related to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged coordination between Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and the Russian government, his two impeachment inquiries and a Fulton County, Georgia, investigation into his efforts to overturn that state's 2020 election results.
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