The presiding judge in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case altered the gag order against Trump, according to multiple outlets, enabling the former president to make public statements about the case’s witnesses and jurors ahead of his debate with President Joe Biden on Thursday.
Trump's debate with Biden will take place Thursday night. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Trump, who was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsification of business records in the case, will now have free range to make comments about witnesses like adult actress Stormy Daniels and his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, who paid Daniels $130,000 in 2016 to silence allegations she had an affair with Trump.
Trump is still barred from making comments about staff working for the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, as well as lawyers involved in the case, according to CNBC.
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