Special Counsel Asks Judge To Make Trump Shut Up About The Jan. 6 Coup Attempt Case – By S.V. Date (Huffpost) / Sept 15, 2023
Jack Smith filed for the gag order in federal court, citing Trump’s many public statements and social media posts.
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith is asking the federal judge presiding over Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 case to stop the former president from making inflammatory statements that he said are endangering witnesses and will make finding a fair jury difficult.
“The defendant has repeatedly and widely disseminated public statements attacking the citizens of the District of Columbia, the court, prosecutors, and prospective witnesses,” Smith wrote in a Friday filing to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkin. “The defendant knows that when he publicly attacks individuals and institutions, he inspires others to perpetrate threats and harassment against his targets.”
Trump responded to the request barely an hour after it was posted by the court with a statement similar to the ones Smith spoke of in his 19-page filing. “I am not allowed to COMMENT? They Leak, Lie, & Sue, & they won’t allow me to SPEAK? How else would I explain that Jack Smith is DERANGED, or Crooked Joe is INCOMPETENT?” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.
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