Due to inflammatory rhetoric: Special investigator calls for a gag order from Trump

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The Justice Department-appointed special counsel justified his request in federal court in Washington on Friday by saying Trump jeopardized the trial scheduled for March with inflammatory rhetoric.

Trump’s verbal attacks against Justice Department officials, the Washington public and Judge Tanya Chutkan have already led to threats from his supporters against prosecutors, the court and potential jurors, Smith explained. The ex-president’s rhetoric could “have a tangible impact on the impartiality of the jury.” “Polish” from which the jury for his trial is selected. Witnesses also threatened to be influenced by Trump’s violent statements.

Anyone who heard or read Trump’s comments about the trial “could reasonably fear that they would become the next target of the defendant’s attacks,” Smith said. The court should therefore order the Republican to refrain from making derogatory, inflammatory and intimidating statements about anyone actually or potentially involved in the trial.

“If you chase me, I’ll chase you!”

Smith noted some of Trump’s public statements in his filing. He did this after he was indicted by the federal judiciary in early August for his efforts to subsequently overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and thus remain in power.

“If you persecute me, I will persecute you!” was one of them in online networks. Following Smith’s statements, Trump also described the judge responsible, Chutkan, as a “fraud” and Smith’s staff as a “team of gangsters.” The US capital Washington denounced Trump as ‘dirty and crime-ridden’, and the population was ‘more than 95 percent anti-Trump’.

Trial to storm Congress

The trial against Trump centers on his supporters’ attempt to storm the January 6, 2021, congressional session that was supposed to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election. Trump has pleaded not guilty and asked Chutkan to dismiss the case due to bias.

At the end of August, the judge set March 4 as the start date for the proceedings in Washington. It starts a day before the so-called “Super Tuesday”. On this day, presidential primaries take place in more than a dozen states. Trump wants to run for president again. (SDA)

Source: Blick