Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined a 24-state coalition urging the district court in Florida to deny the Biden Department of Justice’s request for a gag order against President Trump. The proposed gag order would prevent President Trump from speaking about the raid on his Mar-a-Lago home during an election campaign.
President Biden's DOJ has requested this broad gag order, which critics argue is an attempt to silence a political rival. "The American people deserve to hear from the presumptive Republican nominee for President of the United States on issues facing our country, including the Biden Administration’s possible misuse of law enforcement to target his political rivals," said Attorney General Marshall. "Biden’s requested gag order is a desperate and shocking attempt to silence Trump and skew the election."
Marshall further stated, "Biden’s Department of Justice is engaged in an unprecedented assault on Trump’s First Amendment rights and liberties, and we will continue to hold the line against this radical political prosecution."
The coalition's letter contends that the proposed gag order is vague, infringes on Trump's free speech rights, and interferes with voters' rights to hear from their candidate. The brief urges the court to deny the gag order.
Iowa, Florida, and West Virginia co-led this effort. They were joined by Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.