Jack Smith Wants Trump Gag Order Reinstated in Election Case

Published on November 15, 2023

Special counsel Jack Smith filed court papers Tuesday seeking to uphold a gag order in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election case, claiming that the former president’s public criticism of the prosecutor is reason to keep it intact. Last week, an appeals court in Washington suspended the gag order, which was handed down earlier by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. The former president had appealed the restrictions that were imposed by the judge, arguing they violate his First Amendment right to free speech. Ina 67-page filing, federal prosecutors wrote that there “has never been a criminal case in which a court has granted a defendant an unfettered right to try his case in the media, malign the prosecutor and his family,” while claiming that the former president has “threatened witnesses and others.”...

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