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Chutkan imposes limited gag order on Trump

On 17 October 2023 Judge Tanya Chutkan imposed a limited gag order preventing Donald Trump from publicly targeting prosecutors, court staff and probable witnesses in the federal election case. Trump said he would appeal, arguing it would restrict his campaign speech, and in December 2023 an appeals court largely upheld the order.

Tanya Chutkan (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 17 October 2023 Judge Tanya Chutkan imposed a limited gag order preventing Donald Trump from publicly targeting prosecutors, court staff and probable witnesses in the federal election case. Trump said he would appeal, arguing it would restrict his campaign speech, and in December 2023 an appeals court largely upheld the order.

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  • Tanya Chutkan

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    Chutkan imposes limited gag order on Trump. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.lawfaremedia.orgchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: chutkan+gag order · verified
  2. 2.cnbc.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: chutkan+gag order · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Chutkan imposes limited gag order on Trump. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/chutkan-limited-gag-order-trump-2023-10-17

https://factrail.ai/facts/chutkan-limited-gag-order-trump-2023-10-17

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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