Prosecutor seeks gag order on Trump over his inflammatory rhetoric

Special Prosecutor Jack Smith asked a judge on Friday U.S impose a gag order on the former president donald trumpclaiming that his inflammatory rhetoric threatens to undermine his trial for attempting to disrupt the 2020 election.

Smith told the federal court in Washington that repeated attacks by trump to Justice Department officials, the inhabitants of the US capital and the judge in the case herself, Tanya Chutkan, could prejudice the jury, which is drawn from the local population.

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He also noted that the comments led to real threats from supporters of the trump against prosecutors, the court and potential jurors.

The statements of trump “could have a substantial impact on the impartiality of the jury and, at the same time, influence the witnesses’ version”according to the brief presented by Smith.

Anyone who reads or hears the comments of trump “may reasonably fear that he may be the next target of the defendant’s attacks”guarantees the document.

Smith asked the judge to prohibit trump make derogatory, inflammatory or intimidating statements about anyone involved or potentially related to the case, as well as any statements about potential witnesses.

The petition cites a series of comments from trump following the August 1 indictment, including a message on social media that said: “IF YOU GO FOR ME, I WILL GO FOR YOU!”.

The former president also called Chutkan a “fraud” and “Trump hater,” Smith’s office a “team of thugs” and Washington a “dirty, crime-ridden” place with a population of “more than 95% ”. Trump.”

The request also mentioned his attacks on potential witnesses against him, including his former vice president, Mike Pence (2017-2021).

trump was impeached for his efforts to change the results of the 2020 presidential election, which also led to the violent attack his supporters carried out on January 6, 2021 in Capitolheadquarters of Congress.

He is also accused of trying to disenfranchise American voters with false claims that he won the November 2020 election, in which Joe Biden was the real winner.

trump he pleaded not guilty and formally asked Chutkan to withdraw from the case, accusing her of bias against him.

Chutkan set March 4, 2024 for the start of the trial, which could interfere with Trump’s campaign for the Republican nomination in next year’s presidential elections.

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Source: Elcomercio

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