donald trump is now under a gag order in the criminal case brought by the manhattan d.a. alleging a cover-up. the young barring trump from attacking or directing others to attack potential witnesses, jurors, prosecutors and court staff. and the ex-president is allowed to make statements about district attorney alvin bragg. if his ruling, the judge said that the need to protect the integrity of the process from the defendant with one of the biggest platforms in the world. as trial neared it pushed him to issue the cord. quote, given the eve of trial is upon us, it is without question that the imminency of the risk of harm is paramount. the rules was issued hours after trump made two statements that would arguably have violated the gag order. times records in a rambling and angry post on his social media site on tuesday, he made a reference to michael cohen, claiming without explanation that his former fixer, was, quote, deaf. and referred to one of mr.