The Latest Breaking News from Tanya Chutkan

Former President claims judge's bias, links order to Biden's struggles

Judge says will not allow former US president to carry out a ‘pretrial smear campaign’ against those involved in case.

“I do not need to hear any campaign rhetoric in my court," Chutkan chided Trump attorney John Lauro

Chutkan imposed a limited gag order on the former president on Monday

Mr Trump will be barred from attacking prosecutors, court personnel or witnesses in the case pending against him in a Washington DC federal court

Republican hardliner says situation in Israel had changed his earlier stance that he would only call a vote if he had enough votes to win

Without a cease-fire, Egypt can't give aid to Gazans struggling to survive. And, Biden is expected to ask Congress for money to help Israel and Ukraine.

Protective order poses dilemma for Tanya Chutkan as Trump could use it to falsely attack the criminal case as political

The limited gag order bars the former president from making statements targeting prosecutors and court personnel as well as inflammatory statements about likely witnesses.

Special Counsel Jack Smith wrote that ‘at least 25 witnesses withheld information, communications, and documents based on assertions of the attorney-client privilege under circumstances where the privilege holder appears to be the defendant or his 2020 presidential campaign’

Lawyers say ‘allegedly improper’ behavior by president falls within ‘outer perimeter’ of duties and is protected from prosecution