Former President Trump will appear, virtually, in Manhattan criminal court Tuesday to make sure he understands the terms of a protective order imposed in his case.
Trump, who has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, is prohibited from sharing on social media any evidence turned over by the Manhattan District Attorney during discovery.
The protective order was requested by prosecutors after Trump criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, presiding Judge Juan Merchan and others associated with the criminal case.
Merchant imposed the protective order over the evidence but stopped short of a gag order, saying he wanted to give Trump the freedom to speak about the case as he campaigns for president
Prosecutors sought a hearing at which the judge will read the terms of the order and affirm Trump’s understanding.
E Jean Carroll seeks damages from Donald Trump for CNN remarks
E Jean Carroll, who a New York jury found was sexually assaulted by Donald Trump, is seeking further damages from the ex-president over disparaging comments about her.
A civil trial jury found earlier this month that Mr Trump abused Ms Carroll in Manhattan in the 1990s.
In a new complaint filed on Monday, Ms Carroll is seeking unspecified damages for remarks Mr Trump made a day later during a town hall event on CNN.
It is part of a lawsuit filed in 2019.
On 9 May, the federal jury in New York found Mr Trump had sexually assaulted and defamed Ms Carroll and ordered him to pay her about $5m (£4m) in damages.
Mr Trump was found not liable for raping Ms Carroll in a department store dressing room.
On 10 May, during a town hall event with Republican voters, broadcast by CNN, Mr Trump repeated previous claims she had “made up” a story about him assaulting her at the Bergdorf Goodman store.
He also called Ms Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, a “whack job” and claimed the trial was “rigged”.
The new legal filing, which seeks to amend an original defamation lawsuit filed in 2019, also refers to posts published after the verdict by Mr Trump on his social network, Truth Social.
In the amended complaint, filed in US District Court in New York, Ms Carroll’s attorneys argued that awarding her “very substantial punitive damages” would punish Mr Trump and “deter him from engaging in further defamation”.
Mr Trump has not yet commented publicly on the new filing.
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