A proposed gag order on Trump in his federal election case is putting the judge in a tricky position

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : That could open the door for Trump's team to argue that he should be permitted to respond to public broadsides he sees on television or seek a competitive edge by denouncing a political rival for the White House.
36% : " There is some limited precedent for restricting speech of political candidates who are criminal defendants.
24% : A proposed gag order aimed at reining in Donald Trump's incendiary rhetoric puts the judge overseeing his federal election interference case in a tricky position: She 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.

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