Judge Merchan issued a gag order before the hush money trial began, limiting Trump from publicly discussing witnesses, the jury or the district attorney’s staff. Merchan expanded the order, which Trump has appealed, to cover his own family after Trump attacked his daughter. He has not yet ruled on the district attorney’s motion to sanction Trump for allegedly violating the gag order. Also, David Pecker, who ran American Media Inc. during the 2016 election, testified for around two-and-a-half hours on Tuesday, walking jurors through how he worked with Michael Cohen on Trump’s behalf to squash unflattering stories during the 2016 election.
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CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip