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.
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.