A general view shows Judge Juan Manuel Merchan’s courtroom at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on March 12, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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For this episode of Trump’s Trials, All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro speaks with Reuters reporter Ned Parker.
On Monday Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the New York hush money case, expanded a gag order to protect his own family. That’s after former President Donald Trump repeatedly attacked the judge’s daughter on Truth Social. In his ruling Judge Merchan wrote, “the threat is very real.”
This follows a recent report out from Reuters that found threats against federal judges, prosecutors, judicial staff and court buildings has tripled since 2015. Judges in federal Trump-related cases often receive death threats, credible enough to warrant protection from the U.S. Marshals Service.
Source: npr
