Apparently, Trump has not yet been issued with a gag order, but the feeling of commentators is that he soon will be as the case proceeds. Obviously if he obeys it, which as a law and order guy he will do, his election abilities will be vastly reduced, if the order is to make him silent on everything. Probably though such an order would be knocked over on First Amendment grounds by a superior court. But it is likely that a restricted gag order dealing with just the case will still stand.
Trump will then need to be innovative in the campaign, maybe bringing along to rallies another speaker, and there are plenty. to address the Third World injustices that are being processed. His running mate could do the job. And, beyond even this is the possibility of Trump being imprisoned, and conducting an electoral campaign from prison. It is a whole new world of decay of the rule of law.”
