Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to reinstate a gag order on Donald Trump, citing recent social media posts about the former president’s chief of staff that they said represented an attempt to influence and intimidate a foreseeable witness in the case.

Tanya Chutkan, judge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, who is presiding over the federal case charging Trump with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, last week temporarily paused her order barring Trump from making inflammatory comments about prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses. The ruling came as Trump’s lawyers challenge the limited gag order in higher courts.

Judge Tanya Chutkan, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, during the court's Reentry Court Inauguration Ceremony. June 6, 2016. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL. Judge Tanya Chutkan, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL.