Jack Smith Demands A NEW Gag Order on Trump.
Lawyers working for “special counsel” Jack Smith asked the judge supervising the classified documents case against previous President Donald Trump in Florida to impose an extensive, unprecedented gag order AFTER rump made comments about the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago house.
Prosecutors requested Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday to change the conditions to President Trump’s pre-trial release to prevent him from making statements that might threaten FBI representatives involved in the search and seizure of presidential files at his Florida residential or commercial property.
“Those statements develop a grossly misleading impression about the objectives and conduct of federal law enforcement agents– wrongly suggesting that they were complicit in a plot to assassinate him– and expose those representatives, a few of whom will be witnesses at trial, to the threat of dangers, violence, and harassment,” the filing states.
The file pointed out the implementation of deadly force, mentioning the main protocol that licenses its use entirely in situations where the individual in question provides a direct and instant hazard to the life or physical wellness of the officer or a bystander.
President Trump’s lawyers mentioned that there was no reason for the FBI to bring weapons into Mar-a-Lago.
According to the prosecutors’ latest submission, the police officials who performed the raid did so in a suitable and respectful way, adhering to the Department of Justice’s established standards for using force. The filing goes on to say that Trump’s persistent misstatement of the occasion as an assassination attempt on himself, his family, and Secret Service workers has actually threatened the safety of the law enforcement officers associated with the examination and prosecution while also undermining the reliability of the procedures. By making such incorrect and provocative claims, Trump has irresponsibly put the lives of the FBI representatives involved in the case at risk, a repercussion he is aware of.
Following Trump’s inflammatory posts on Truth Social about the Mar-a-Lago search, among his followers launched a violent assault on an FBI workplace in Cincinnati, Ohio, district attorneys pointed out.
Lawyers representing President Trump differed with the prosecution’s filing and timing, which coincided with the Memorial Day weekend..
“They do not think that there is any imminent threat and asked to meet next Monday,” the filing states.
Despite the demand to delay action till Monday, district attorneys pointed out proof from President Trump’s Truth Social account, particularly a shared post from a third party, to argue against waiting. They contend that Trump has continued spreading misinformation, which has put the agents associated with the search at risk and tainted their credibility. The shared post in question falsely declared that the FBI had been allowed to use lethal force on Trump or anybody at his Mar-a-Lago estate while all at once accusing the FBI and DOJ of planting proof to incriminate him.
The request for a gag order is first in President Trump’s classified files case.
On Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland responded to claims about FBI agents being authorized to utilize fatal force.
Mr. Garland countered the ex-president’s assertions, mentioning that the file in question, cited by President Trump, is, in reality, a regular protocol used by the Justice Department.
“And in fact, it was even used in the consensual search of President [Joe] Biden’s home,” he included.
The FBI recently notified interested media that its representatives stuck to recognized treatments during the Mar-a-Lago raid, consistent with the FBI standard technique for executing search warrants in all cases.
