Government official forced to flee after Trump fans shared address online: court filing

A government official was forced to flee his home after one former President Donald Trump’s supporter shared his address online, according to information revealed in an unredacted gag order issued Wednesday.

The new version of Judge Tanya Chutkan’s partial gag order was released by a federal appeals court in Trump’s Washington D.C. election interference case, the Messenger was first to report.

The original 68-page order, issued by a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 8, included three pages with blacked out information, the Messenger notes.

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Multiple state and local officials faced security threats after they were targeted by Trump or his supporters, the new version shows.

That blacked-out portion also details a state official who decided to stop making public comments after Trump tweeted about him because it was “the safest thing to do.”

These anecdotes were presented to the panel as they considered whether or not to uphold the judge's October gag order against Trump, which they ultimately decided to do.

Trump has appealed the ruling, but remains free to criticize the Biden Administration, the Justice department, and Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team.

The former president has pleaded not guilty to felony charges that he obstructed the 2020 presidential election.