Former President Donald Trump arrives for an arraignment hearing
Donald Trump at criminal court in Manhattan.
  • Trump and Manhattan prosecutors are arguing over the scope of this week's hush-money gag order.
  • Prosecutors say it bars verbal attacks Trump has made against the judge's progressive daughter.
  • Trump is now asking the judge to agree that attacks on the daughter are allowed.

Lawyers for Donald Trump made an extraordinary request in his hush-money case on Friday: they want state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan to affirm that Tuesday's gag order lets Trump continue verbally attacking the judge's progressive daughter.