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US court to hear arguments on reinstating Trump gag order in 2020 election case

In this file photo, Former US president Donald Trump is seen at a civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan on October 24, 2023. © Maansi Srivastava / Pool, Reuters

A federal appeals court is hearing arguments Monday on whether to reinstate a gag order against Donald Trump in the federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith's team will urge a three-judge panel of the Washington-based appeals court to put back in place an order barring the former president from making inflammatory statements about lawyers in the case and potential witnesses. 

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