The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Friday urged prosecutors to tell the former US president’s estranged former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen to stop making public statements about the case before his expected testimony next week.Todd Blanche, Trump’s defence lawyer in the case stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, said Cohen, the star prosecution witness, had spoken on social media on Wednesday while wearing a T-shirt showing Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, behind bars.Justice Juan Merchan suggested prosecutors tell Cohen that the request to refrain from public statements “comes from the bench”. He spoke at...