Appeals court considers Trump speech restrictions in 2020 election case

Washington (AFP) - Does Donald Trump have the right to call prosecutors "fascist thugs," or advise those testifying against him to keep quiet?  Those are the questions a federal appeals court in Washington will hear Monday as the ex-president's lawyers contest a gag order imposed on him during one of Trump's criminal trials related to the 2020 election. The gag order -- a set of restrictions on what Trump is allowed to say publicly about a given set of legal proceedings -- was imposed by Judge Tanya Chutkan, overseeing the federal case against him for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 elec...