his hush money case. now that the trial is over, that's bringing cnn's kara scannell like cara, tell us about this new request. >> yeah. well, so trump's lawyers are saying that since his gag order was put in place to protect the proceedings, now that those proceedings to trial is over, they're asking the judge to terminate it. they wrote in a letter that was sent to the judge yesterday and made public today. now that the trial is concluded, the concerns articulated by the government and the court do not justify continued restrictions on the first amendment rights of president trump, who remains the leading candidate in the 2024 presidential election. and the american people, they said that the reasons are even stronger now for lifting it because some of these witnesses in the case, michael cohen and stormy daniels, have made public comments since the jury convicted trump at those 34 felony counts. and also since president and joe biden has made comments, and in addition, they say since this presidential debate is coming up later this month, they're asking for the gag order to be lifted. so we're waiting for the judge to respond to this in