A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted District Judge Tanya Chutkan's gag order prohibiting Trump from criticizing the special counsel, Jack Smith, or "Any foreseeable witness" in the case.
President Trump's team previously indicated in their filing to the appeals court that they are prepared to seek immediate relief at the Supreme Court.
At least now, that approach will not be needed as the DC Appellate Court has blocked the gag order.
If the appeals court had ruled to uphold the gag order, they would have opened the door for the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in and potentially overturn the lower rulings.
Appeals court was most likely not willing to see their own credibility rest on the language of a motion written by Judge Chutkan.
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a gag order reining in Donald Trump's comments about the criminal election-subversion case pending against him in Washington.
At the former president's request, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily lifted U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan's order prohibiting Trump from using his public statements to target special counsel Jack Smith and his team, court officials and potential witnesses in the case.
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