Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan has just issued a narrow gag order in Jack Smith’s ridiculous 2020 election case preventing Trump from targeting prosecutors, witnesses and the judge’s staff.

Here’s the news:

Here’s more from the AP:

The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump in Washington imposed a narrow gag order on him on Monday, barring the Republican former president from making statements targeting prosecutors, possible witnesses and the judge’s staff.

The order from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is a milestone moment in the federal case that accuses Trump of illegally conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team had raised alarm about a barrage of statements disparaging prosecutors, the judge and prospective witnesses. Those comments, prosecutors said, risked undermining public confidence in the court system and causing witnesses or people who might be picked as jurors for trial to feel harassed and intimidated.

Chukan said there would be no restrictions on statements criticizing the Justice Department generally or statements about Trump’s belief that the case is politically motivated.

But the judge said Trump can’t mount a “smear campaign” against prosecutors and court personnel. “No other criminal defendant would be allowed to do so, and I’m not going to allow it in this case,” she said.

Trump’s lawyers fiercely opposed any gag order, saying it unconstitutionally hinders his political speech. A Trump spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the judge’s ruling.

According to Ken Dilanian, Trump’s lawyers say they will appeal this ruling and that the Supreme Court will no doubt have to weigh in since we are in uncharted territory.