“The gag order is blatantly un-American as it continues to gag President Trump, the leading candidate in the 2024 Presidential Election,” the statement said.

In a filing Thursday, Trump revived his longshot effort to have Merchan recused from the case because of an alleged conflict between the judge’s daughter and Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Trump was found guilty in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.