Bragg Asks Judge to Extend Trump’s Gag Order, Citing Deluge of Threats

Manhattan prosecutors said Friday that a judge should keep in place major elements of the gag order imposed on Donald J. Trump before his criminal trial, citing dozens of threats that have been made against officials connected to the case.

The gag order, issued before the trial began in mid-April, bars Mr. Trump from attacking witnesses, jurors, court staff and relatives of the judge who presided over the trial, Juan M. Merchan, among others.

Since his conviction late last month on 34 felony counts, Mr. Trump’s calls for the order to be lifted have only grown louder. But in a 19-page filing on Friday, prosecutors argued that while Justice Merchan no longer needed to enforce the portion of the order relating to witnesses, he should leave its other provisions in place ahead of Mr. Trump’s sentencing on July 11.

While the gag order does not prohibit Mr. Trump from criticizing Justice Merchan or Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who brought the case, it does preclude attacks on prosecutors and their relatives, including Mr. Bragg’s.

And on Friday, prosecutors said those protections from Mr. Trump’s public attacks remained necessary to protect the integrity of an ongoing criminal proceeding.

The New York Police Department has logged 56 “actionable threats” against Mr. Bragg, his family, and employees at the district attorney’s office since early April, according to an affidavit provided with the filing.