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A federal judge has issued a gag order on former President Donald Trump, barring him from ‘attacking witnesses, prosecutors, and court staff’ involved in his criminal case.
Judge Tanya Chutkan stated that First Amendment protections must yield to the administration of justice and to the protection of witnesses.
“His presidential candidacy does not give him carte blanche to vilify…public servants who are simply doing their job,” she said.
Special Counsel Jack Smith is now requesting that the presiding judge over the case against Trump for 2020 election interference protect potential jurors from outside influence or intimidation.
This comes after Trump made a public statement on Truth Social about a law clerk during his New York civil fraud trial last week.
“Given that the defendant—after apparently reviewing opposition research on court staff—chose to use social media to publicly attack a court staffer, there is cause for concern about what he may do with social media research on potential jurors in this case,” Smith wrote in the motion.
Smith emphasized the necessity of protections for prospective jurors due to the increasing use of social media as a tool for intimidation during court proceedings.
He called for reasonable and standard restrictions to limit research conducted on potential jurors during jury selection and trial, as well as strict enforcement of measures designed to protect juror identities from the public.
Recently, Smith’s efforts were stymied in his attempt to further his investigation into the January 6th Capitol Riot by filing charges against Donald Trump.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied him access to Rep. Scott Perry’s (R-Pa.) phone records, citing protection under the Constitution’s “speech and debate” clause which shields members of Congress from being pulled into legal proceedings while carrying out their elected official duties.
Smith sought communications between Perry and other colleagues and Trump administration officials; however, this request was denied due to constitutional immunity.
“While elections are political events, a member’s deliberation about whether to certify a presidential election or how to assess information relevant to legislation about federal election procedures are textbook legislative acts,” U.S. District Judge Neomi Rao wrote in the opinion issued last week.
Newsmax added:
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