Trump loses appeal over gag order in hush money criminal case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : Merchan rejected a similar recusal request by Trump before the trial began, and another recusal request last year.
41% : The order leaves Trump free to speak about Bragg and Merchan.
38% : Trump won the presidency by defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton.
37% : A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday showed Trump locked in a tight race with Vice President Kamala Harris, who is poised to become the Democratic nominee.
37% : Trump has vowed to appeal his conviction after he is sentenced.
31% : Merchan's original order prevented Trump from commenting on prosecutors, court staff, witnesses and jurors.
28% : Time behind bars is rare for people convicted in New York for falsifying business records, especially those like Trump with no prior criminal histories.
27% : Jurors found Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, for covering up former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
27% : Trump faces up to four years in prison, and can also be fined.
26% : The payment was made in exchange for Daniels' silence before the 2016 election about a sexual encounter she says she had with Trump a decade earlier, which Trump denied.
16% : Harris led Trump by 43 percent to 42 percent among registered voters, within the margin of error.

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