Via Anna Bower:

“Family members of trial participants must be strictly off-limits,” Manhattan prosecutors write in a new filing in #Trump’s hush money/interference case.

“Defendant’s insistence to the contrary bespeaks a dangerous sense of entitlement to instigate fear and even physical harm to the loved ones of those he sees in the courtroom.” #legal

Read the filing: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24527768/20240401-people-filing-re-extrajudicial-statements-filed.pdf

3/ Via emptywheel:

Me, 8:45: It's not Merrick Garland's job to do something about Trump's incitement of violence: it is Judge Merchan and Alvin Bragg.

Alving Bragg, 9:08: Doing something.

@GottaLaff It was brilliant of Bragg (or someone in his office) to frame it as "Trump attacking the judge's family will discourage witnesses from cooperating with the justice system" rather than simply "we're currying favor by asking that you protect your daughter even though she's an adult political activist whom a conservative candidate might legitimately attack." 10/10 no notes.
@msbellows I love hearing that! I think he’s off to a good start.