Why Trump’s ‘uncon­sti­tu­tion­al’ gag order claims work to his advan­tage

For­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump has decried the gag order against him in his Man­hat­tan crim­i­nal court tri­al as “uncon­sti­tu­tion­al,” a claim pro­fes­sors say could be work­ing to gal­va­nize his base.
Trump ear­li­er this week was fined $9,000 by Judge Juan Mer­chan, who is pre­sid­ing over the tri­al that accus­es Trump of fal­si­fy­ing busi­ness records to con­ceal a hush mon­ey pay­ment to a porn star in order to deride dam­ag­ing alle­ga­tions in the final weeks of his 2016 cam­paign.
Col­lege pro­fes­sors told the Wash­ing­ton Exam­in­er that while gag orders are “rare,” they are still legal and may ulti­mate­ly help the for­mer pres­i­dent fur­ther his claims that the tri­al is “elec­tion inter­fer­ence.” …