New York prosecutors request Trump gag order ahead of hush-money trial

Manhattan district attorney prosecutors seek tailored order against ex-president to protect trial witnesses and juror identities

Manhattan prosecutors on Monday asked the judge presiding in Donald Trump's criminal case on charges of falsifying business records to impose a gag order on the former president, seeking to bar him from attacking potential witnesses and revealing juror identities.

The request, submitted by prosecutors in the office of the Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, repeatedly referenced the gag order imposed in Trump's federal criminal trial in Washington to ask for similar limitations on what he can publicly say about the case.