Mostly gag orders are to prevent tainting a jury pool. In this case there is no jury pool, because there is no jury on a bankruptcy case. As you say, the EC has not even obtained standing to press these charges, that is what the January 20 hearing is about. The whole story about someone who is a shareholder testifying and being under a gag order is obviously made up, the reason it was posted here is unknown.
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