The judge in the upcoming hush money trial against Trump has further restricted the former US president’s public statements after he attacked the lawyer’s daughter on social media. Trump’s statements served no legitimate purpose and constituted an attack on the rule of law itself, Judge Juan Merchan wrote in his order, as US media consistently reported.
The ex-president criticized Merchan’s daughter, who worked as a consultant for the Democratic Party, on his social media network Truth Social and called her a “Trump hater.” As a result, the judge himself is biased against him. Merchan also reportedly banned public comments about the family of prosecutor Alvin Bragg. His office had therefore asked the judge to take action against the ex-president’s statements.