Former President Donald Trump attacked special counsel Jack Smith shortly after a federal judge unsealed the prosecutor’s request for a gag order in the 2020 government interference case against the former commander in chief.
“Biden’s prosecutor, the deranged Jack Smith, has asked the Court to limit the PUBLIC STATEMENTS OF DONALD J. TRUMP, the 45th president and leading Republican candidate (by more than 50 points, and beating the Democrats!), Trump, 77, wrote in Truth Social. Friday.
“So I’m campaigning for president against an incompetent person who has WEAPONED the Department of Justice and the FBI to go after his political opponent, and I can’t COMMENT? They leak, lie and sue, and don’t let me SPEAK? How else could I explain that Jack Smith is deranged or that Crooked Joe is INCOMPETENT? added the former president.
Smith accused Trump of spreading “deliberately false allegations of misconduct” against him and making “unfounded claims” about U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over the trial, in an attempt to influence potential jurors and witnesses. of the case.
Trump called the special counsel “unhinged” shortly after the prosecutor requested a gag order in the 2020 election interference case. AP
“Since the grand jury returned an indictment in this case, the defendant has repeatedly and widely disseminated public statements attacking the citizens of the District of Columbia, the Court, prosecutors, and potential witnesses,” Smith wrote. “Through his statements, the defendant threatens to undermine the integrity of this process and prejudice the jury.”
The 19-page gag order request includes numerous Truth Social posts made by Trump since his four-count indictment in August for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding.
Smith cites posts in which Trump refers to Chutkan as “a fraud masquerading as a judge in Washington, DC who is a radical Obama hacker” and a “biased judge who hates Trump.”
Smith accused Trump of spreading “deliberately false allegations of misconduct” against him and making “baseless claims” about U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan.AP
The special counsel also referenced a post in which Trump laments that he cannot get a fair trial in Washington, DC, because it is a “dirty, crime-ridden” place and “over 95% are anti-Trump.” .
“Since the indictment in this case, the defendant has spread derogatory and inflammatory public posts on Truth Social on an almost daily basis,” Smith argues.
The former president attacked Smith again during his remarks Friday night at the Concerned Women for America Summit in Washington.
Trump refers to Chutkan as “a fraud masquerading as a judge in Washington, DC who is a radical Obama hacker” and a “biased judge who hates Trump.”
“Did you see today that deranged Jack Smith – he’s the prosecutor, he’s a deranged person – wants to take away my First Amendment rights? He wants to take away my right to speak freely and openly. “Trump said. “Never forget that our enemies want to stop us because we are the only ones who can stop them. “They want to take away my freedom because I will never let them take away yours.”
“Actually, they are accusing me because of you. Thank you all very much,” the former president said to the crowd.
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