Federal Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order against Donald Trump in the classified documents case, saying that prosecutors’ request was “wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy.

The former president has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records, a felony that's punishable by up to four years in prison.

One of the ways that the trial has most benefited Trump is that it has kept him busy and scared. Whatever Trump says about the judge and his gag order, this trial has consumed the former president’s attention. If he’s going to act crazy, better for Republicans that he act crazy about his personal problems rather than politics and policy.