The Washington Post reports:
Special counsel Jack Smith argued in new court filings Wednesday that recent comments by Donald Trump show not only that a federal gag order should be reimposed, but that the court should weigh stricter sanctions, including sending him to jail, if he keeps talking about witnesses in his case.
The Wednesday night filing was one of four made by the special counsel’s office on a range of legal issues in preparation for Trump’s planned March trial in D.C. on charges he conspired in late 2020 and early 2021 to obstruct Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
In recent weeks, Trump’s public statements attacking prosecutors, court personnel and others have raised alarms among judges who worry that such verbal broadsides might inspire someone to commit violence against the subjects of Trump’s wrath.
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Special counsel Jack Smith argued in new court filings Wednesday that recent comments by Donald Trump show that the court should consider strict sanctions, including sending him to jail, if he keeps talking about witnesses in his case. https://t.co/SkJffZbU8X
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 26, 2023
NEW: Jack Smith asks Judge Tanya Chutkan to reinstitute partial gag order on Trump “protecting certain trial participants from intimidation, harassment, and threats”
And look at which Trump social media post Jack Smith includes ===> pic.twitter.com/5WWTmeim2V
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) October 26, 2023
Jack Smith cites Trump’s Mark Meadows comments in calling for gag order reinstatement https://t.co/W5w9zGHDXu
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 26, 2023
DoJ asks the judge to LIFT the stay AND to modify the bail conditions. Jack Smith says what he posted this week not only violates the gag order, but it violates the bail conditions – which are not stayed. That’s the big one right there. Clarify the bail. He violated it. 8/ pic.twitter.com/kaENANFdjS
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) October 26, 2023