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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg asked a New York judge to expand his gag order of Donald Trump after the former president renewed attacks on the judge's daughter and posted an image on a pickup truck that showed President Biden bound and gagged.
'Defendant's dangerous, violent, and reprehensible rhetoric fundamentally threatens the integrity of these proceedings and is intended to intimidate witnesses and trial participants alike— including this Court,' wrote Bragg in a new filing Monday that made a reference to the attack on Judge Juan Merchan's daughter.
The 'supplemental filing' also asks Judge Merchan to warn Trump 'that his recent conduct is contumacious and direct that defendant immediately desist from attacks on family members.'
Former President Donald Trump attacked the judge overseeing the Stormy Daniels case, while also going after his daughter. DA Alvin Bragg in a new filing seeks to expand the gag order on Trump and says he is 'incapable of self-regulating'
Bragg acknowledges that that existing order, which prohibits the former president from making statements about witnesses, prosecutors, or their family members if meant to interfere with the case, might not cover Trump's latest conduct.
'To the extent that the original March 26 Order did not already prohibit this behavior, this Court can and should clarify or extend the Order to protect family members of the Court on the record described below, and should warn defendant that any future disregard of the Order will result in sanctions under Judiciary Law,' he wrote.
That came after a former federal judge said Trump should be jailed for his violations, and called for him to 'bring his toothbrush.'
