2/ Via Lisa Rubin:
As we await the defendant for a hearing on alleged gag order violations, the DA's trial team is joined by the DA himself, Alvin Bragg, in the first row of the gallery.
And he is joined by his chief of appeals, Steven Wu, and behind them, even a now-retired veteran of the office, former first executive assistant D.A. Peter Pope.
McBrien:
9:20 a.m Joshua Steinglass, Susan Hoffinger, Matthew Colangelo arrive.