“If Trump’s attacks against Bragg continue, he could provoke a gag order, which would restrict his ability to talk about his case out of court, said Kevin O’Brien, a former federal prosecutor and white collar lawyer at Ford O’Brien Landy LLP.
“The precedent of January 6th would probably be uppermost in the court’s mind, so Trump does not have the luxury of a clean slate,” O’Brien told Salon. “Having said that, most judges would be extremely reluctant to impose a gag order on a criminal defendant, which would fly in the face of the First Amendment.”