https://www.westernjournal.com/19-state-ags-come-together-help-trump-citizens-interest/
A Washington, D.C., federal court’s order limiting former President Donald Trump’s ability to comment on his trial does more than restrict the rights of the 45th president.
It restricts the right of all Americans to hear from arguably the most influential voice in modern American politics.
And now, 19 attorneys general from across the United States are weighing in to make that argument to the courts and to the country.
A friend of the court brief filed Tuesday by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and joined by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrissey and 17 of their colleagues argues that Judge Tanya Chutkan’s gag order on Trump related to his trial in the D.C. circuit court went so far in denying Trump’s right to free speech that it denied the rights of countless millions of Americans to hear it.
“As administrators of free and fair elections, we have an interest in ensuring no illegal prior restraint is entered against any major political candidate. Indeed, our citizens have an interest in hearing from major political candidates in that election,” the brief declared. “The Order threatens the States’ interests by infringing on President Trump’s free speech right.”