By Josh Gerstein
POLITICO
November 3, 2017
The judge assigned to the criminal case involving former Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates indicated Thursday she was already wary of the intense media coverage of the case and said she was considering issuing a gag order limiting public statements by lawyers involved.
“This is a criminal trial, and it’s not a public relations campaign,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson said as she conducted her first hearing in the case filed by special counsel Robert Mueller, who was appointed to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.