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Former President Donald Trump is demanding that Judge Juan Merchan terminate the gag order in his criminal hush money trials on the heels of his historic conviction, according to a new report. CNN’s Kara Scannell reports that Trump’s attorneys argued in a letter delivered Monday, and made public Tuesday, that there was no longer any need to protect the jury from prejudice. “The argument to lift the gag order is ‘even stronger’ since President Joe Biden has publicly commented on the verdict, certain witnesses have commented and the presidential debate is scheduled for later this month,” the let…

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