Posted on 09/24/2023 8:54:28 AM PDT by John Semmens
Attorney General Merrick Garland insists he doesn't know "if or how many federal agents or paid informants may have participated in the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol. Information like that is not considered necessary for me to know."
FBI Director Christopher Wray says "the decisions on how many agents and paid informants might be employed and what their specific duties might be are on a 'need to know basis.' I can see no reason why Congressman Jordan (R-Ohio) or any of his colleagues would have a need to know. On a matter of national security like this it is important to limit the opportunity for our government's enemies to acquire such information."
Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a "gag order" that aims to prevent former President Trump from criticizing any of the actions the government has taken against him related to the events of January 6, 2021 because "it threatens to undermine the integrity of these proceedings and prejudice the jury pool, in contravention of the 'undeviating rule' that in our justice system a jury's verdict is to 'be induced only by evidence and argument in open court, and not by any outside influence.' The argument that the details of the Jan 6 insurrection are legitimate campaign issues must take a backseat to our effort to save our democracy from its enemies."
While D.C. District Judge Tanya Chutkan hasn't formally responded to Smith's request, she has said that "the fact that Trump is running a political campaign has to yield to the orderly administration of justice. If that means his First Amendment right to free speech must be abridged, that's how it has to be."
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“We can’t have Trump going around saying this is a politically motivated witch hunt, even though everyone knows it’s true.”, she added.
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