NYSBA CASEPREPPLUS NEWSLETTER 8.9.24: THE FIRST DEPARTMENT REFUSES TO LIFT THE NARROWED GAG ORDER IN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CRIMINAL CASE
Posted By:
Robert Rosborough
This week, the First Department once again refused to intervene to rescind the gag order in President Donald Trump’s criminal proceeding, holding that because the former president has not yet been sentenced, the paired down gag order to protect against statements about the prosecution and court staff remain necessary to protect them from threats, intimidation, harassment, and harm. Let’s take a look at that opinion and what else has been happening in New York’s appellate courts [...]