Judge Rejects DOJ’s “Discourteous” Gag Order Request

NBC News reports:

To briefly recap, it was last week when the suspected felon, referencing the newly unsealed court records, claimed by way of his social media platform that the Justice Department “AUTHORIZED THE FBI TO USE DEADLY (LETHAL) FORCE” while executing a court-approved search warrant at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump issued an outlandish fundraising appeal soon after, falsely claiming that President Joe Biden was “locked & loaded” and “ready to take me out” during the FBI’s search of his glorified country club.

After the claims were thoroughly and completely discredited, and the FBI itself took the unusual step of issuing a public statement leaving no doubt that the former president and his allies simply had no idea what they were talking about, Trump repeated the claim anyway.

Read the full article. Observers have said that Smith expected this and will now use this to boot her off the case.

JUST IN: Judge CANNON has denied Jack Smith’s gag order request in FL, saying prosecutors’ failure to confer with defense before filing it was “wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy.” pic.twitter.com/j7BGVEpUJk

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 28, 2024

A US judge refused a request by prosecutors to impose a gag order barring Trump from making inflammatory comments about law enforcement, after his campaign falsely claimed the FBI was authorized to assassinate him during its search of his Florida estate https://t.co/hL2wOM6uoA pic.twitter.com/3AitehHmPf

— Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) May 28, 2024