Gagging order on Donald Trump would not affect his ability to campaign – prosecutor

The order proposal underscores the unprecedented complexities of prosecuting the Republican presidential primary front-runner

Donald Trump. File Picture: AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

A federal prosecutor has pressed the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case to impose a gagging order to curb the former president’s diatribes against likely witnesses and others, saying the restrictions would not impact his ability to campaign.

In pressing US District Judge Tanya Chutkan to impose the order, special counsel Jack Smith’s team accused the Republican of using increasingly incendiary rhetoric to try to undermine the public’s confidence in the justice system and taint the jury pool.