Donald Trump has provided a security deposit of $175 million (163 million euros) in a civil case for business fraud to prevent seizures of assets. The former US president faces charges of falsifying business documents to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election.

In another case, the conditions against Trump were tightened. He is now no longer allowed to badmouth the families of Judge Juan M. Merchan and public prosecutor Alwin Bragg. The gag order extended by Merchan - colloquially roughly translated as a muzzle - refers to the hushMoney proceedings that will be heard in New York from April 15.