US Prosecutors Request Protection Order After Trump’s Threatening Post

prosecutors Americans asked a judge to limit the information they donald trump he can publicly invoke the latest allegations against him, citing a threatening post by the former president that his campaign defended on Saturday as “political speech.”

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jack smiththe special prosecutor overseeing charges against Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election, filed a motion Friday night urging a federal judge to impose a protective order to prevent the former president from revealing details about the case.

a few hours before Trump He had defied a judge who had warned him not to discuss the case with any potential witnesses and posted a message on his Truth Social platform warning: “If you go after me, I’ll go after you!”

Favorite for the Republican nomination in view of the 2024 presidential elections, the former president pleaded not guilty to the four charges of electoral conspiracy and obstruction, the most serious of the many cases he faces.

The aggressive all-caps social media post was quoted and shown by Smith to the judge of the District Court Tanya Chutkan.

“What the proposed order seeks to avoid is the diffusion or inappropriate use of discovered evidence, including its release to the public”, they wrote Smith and his team in motion.

“Such a restriction is particularly important in this case because the defendant has previously issued public statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys, and others associated with pending legal matters against you”, they commented.

If the defendant disseminates publications regarding grand jury details or transcripts obtained during the process”could have a damaging and frightening effect on witnesses or adversely affect the fair administration of justice in this case.”they added.

The trump campaign He tried to justify the former president.

“The publication of Truth quoted is a typical political speech”, a spokesman said in a statement early Saturday, suggesting that the 77-year-old tycoon was referring to his political opponents and not to anyone involved in the case.

Friday night at AlabamaTrump appeared before his supporters and described the accusations against him as “an act of desperation on the part of a failed, dishonorable and crooked Joe Biden and their radical leftist thugs to preserve their grip on power.”

The White House He has stressed that the Justice Department operates independently and that President Biden’s team has no involvement in the cases against Trump.

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