The New York state judge presiding over the criminal hush money case against Donald Trump issued an order Monday restricting the former president from posting about some evidence in the case on social media. …

Merchan’s order said that anyone with access to the evidence being turned over to Trump’s team from state prosecutors “shall not copy, disseminate or disclose” the material to third parties, including social media platforms, “without prior approval from the court.”

[This seems legally shaky. This isn’t a civil lawsuit, but a criminal trial, one based on a very bad legal theory, for that matter. Alvin Bragg certainly hasn’t been shy about publicly promising to “get Trump” before and after his election. Shouldn’t Trump be able to answer that publicly by discussing the evidence that has been submitted in the very public prosecution? — Ed]