Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Lawyers working with Special Counsel Jack Smith have asked the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's election interference trial to issue a limited gag order, citing statements they say Trump has made "to undermine confidence in and intimidate individuals -- the court, the jury pool, witness and prosecutors."
The request was revealed in a court filing unsealed Friday.
The appeal cited Trump's false statements about the 2020 election.
"The defendant is now attempting to do the same thing in this criminal case -- to undermine confidence in the criminal case -- to undermine confidence in the criminal justice system and prejudice the jury pool through disparaging and inflammatory attacks," the prosecution wrote in their court filing to Judge Tanya Chutkan.
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Conyak@lemmy.tf · 4 pts · 2y
Anyone else would have had one in place long ago. It’s absurd that he has been able to post the things he has already.
DougHolland@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
Trump is genetically incapable of shutting up, so at last this brings us to the first 'blink' moment in all this: Are they willing to issue and then enforce this rather slight gag order when Trump inevitably breaks it?
Anyone else would've been under a much broader gag order, long ago.
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Madison_rogue@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
@DougHolland
Sure, that's exactly what I suspect. See TAGS in the right hand column for more thoughts on the matter.