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Robert Tait in Washington

Trump judge in Mar-a-Lago case denies prosecutors’ request for gag order

Mar-a-Lago estate surrounded by palm trees
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, where he is accused of mishandling classified documents. Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

The judge handling Donald Trump’s classified documents case has rejected a request by prosecutors to impose a gag order on the former president over his false claims that FBI officers were prepared to shoot him when they raided his Mar-a-Lago estate.

The ruling, by Aileen Cannon, Florida federal district judge, is the latest in a series of setbacks for Jack Smith, the special counsel who has spearheaded the prosecution into Trump’s alleged mishandling of documents from his time in the White House.

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