Missouri GOP Attorney General Andrew Bailey is sued the New York government on the argument the state's "lawfare" during Donald Trump's hush money trial violated Missourians’ First Amendment rights.

His lawsuit argues that the prosecution of Trump, along with the gag orders imposed on him, muzzled the former president while he campaigned for 2024 reeection and damaged Missourians' right to hear him speak freely ahead of Election Day. 

In the lawsuit, Bailey petitions the Supreme Court to declare that New York unlawfully interfered with the presidential election, delay his upcoming sentencing until after the presidential election and eliminate gag orders against him.