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The date on the page says 2023, but the ruling at issue came on June 25, 2024, after Donald Trump’s May 30 conviction in the New York hush-money case and before his July 11 sentencing date. On that day, the court took a knife to its earlier speech restrictions, but it did not cut them away completely. ([nycourts.gov](https://www.nycourts.gov/REPORTER/pdfs/2024/2024_32134.pdf))

The order terminated the gag-order provisions covering witnesses and jurors. At the same time, it kept in place the restriction on public comments about counsel in the case other than the district attorney, members of the court staff and the district attorney’s staff, and the family members of those people, so long as those comments were made with the intent to interfere with their work or with knowledge that interference was likely. That remaining provision was left in force until sentencing. ([nycourts.gov](https://www.nycourts.gov/REPORTER/pdfs/2024/2024_32134.pdf))

The court also pointed to a separate protective order on juror information, saying that protection would remain in effect even after the juror-speech restriction was lifted. So while Trump gained room to talk about witnesses and jurors, he did not get a blank check to attack everyone connected to the case. ([nycourts.gov](https://www.nycourts.gov/REPORTER/pdfs/2024/2024_32134.pdf))

The practical result was mixed. Trump got relief on the parts of the order that had directly barred comments about witnesses and jurors, but the judge kept a narrower shield around the courtroom staff, prosecution staff, defense counsel other than the district attorney, and their families until the case reached sentencing. The fight over his public statements was not over; it had just been reduced to a smaller battlefield. ([nycourts.gov](https://www.nycourts.gov/REPORTER/pdfs/2024/2024_32134.pdf))