24 Attorneys General Ask Federal Judge to Reject Trump Gag Order Request

Two-dozen attorneys general filed a motion that opposes special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order in former President Donald Trump’s classified records case. In a court motion submitted on Sunday, 24 Republican attorneys general said that former President Trump’s “colorful rhetoric” is protected under the Constitution’s First Amendment. Mr. Smith’s team had argued that President Trump’s allegations in May about FBI agents carrying out a search of his Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022 would incite threats or harassment against law enforcement officials. A prior gag order request from the special counsel’s team was rejected by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on procedural grounds, but prosecutors submitted a new request days later. The former president’s attorneys over the past weekend filed a motion arguing that the latest request should be dismissed, too, on grounds that it would violate his constitutional rights....