As Pennsylvania lawyer Bruce L. Castor, Jr., watches former President Donald Trump on trial, he has been thinking about how the American legal system has changed.
Mr. Castor has represented the former president; he helped lead the team that successfully defended President Trump during the impeachment trial in 2021 before the U.S. Senate. He knows his way around a courtroom, having served as an assistant district attorney, deputy district attorney, district attorney, solicitor general, special prosecutor for the Office of the Attorney General, and attorney general of Pennsylvania.
President Trump has faced restrictions such as a gag order, limiting who he may speak about in the Stormy Daniels case. It covers the family members of District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Justice Juan Merchan, potential court witnesses, jurors, lawyers, court staff, and their families….