A request from prosecutors for a gag order aimed at reining in Donald Trump’s rhetoric is putting the judge overseeing his federal election interference case in a tricky position. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan must balance the need to protect the integrity of the legal proceedings against the First Amendment rights of a presidential candidate to defend himself in public. It's her biggest test yet in the case. And it underscores the unprecedented complexities of prosecuting the Republican former president as the judge vows not to let political considerations guide her decisions. Chutkan will hear arguments Monday over the proposed gag order. Trump's lawyers say it's a “desperate effort at censorship."
