JUST IN: Jack Smith Files ‘Gag Order’ For Trump; See It Here

Jack Smith has filed a ‘gag order’ against former President Donald Trump, aiming to restrict public statements that could potentially influence the outcome of an ongoing trial. The order seeks to prevent comments that might sway the trial’s result or bias potential jurors, the prosecution argues.

Smith’s order cites the court’s “duty” to shield the trial process from external influences that could materially prejudice its proceedings. The order stipulates that parties involved in the case, including their attorneys, are barred from making or authorizing public statements, including on social media platforms, that carry a significant likelihood of causing material prejudice to the case. This encompasses:

Statements discussing the identity, testimony, or credibility of potential witnesses. Statements that are disparaging, inflammatory, or intimidating about any party, witness, attorney, court personnel, or potential jurors. The defendant, in this case, Trump, is also restricted from having surrogates make such statements on his behalf. Permissible Statements: The order does not prevent the defendant or his representatives from:

Quoting or referring to the court’s public records in the case without adding any commentary. Announcing the scheduling or outcome of any judicial process stage. Seeking assistance in gathering evidence. Simply stating, without any additional commentary, that the defendant denies the charges.

Ah, Jackie boy, be careful what you wish for.

This will be next to impossible to enforce, even if Smith gets his way; and we can be sure that PDJT will play this brilliantly on the campaign trail. There are so many things that Trump CAN still say, places Trump can go, things Trump can do ... Proxies who can stand in for Trump while standing right next to Trump. The Trump campaign will mock Smith mercilessly for this if it goes through and taunt him (and the idiot judge) at every turn.

I am not the Trump fan that others here surely are, but I try not to underestimate what I think is his genius; and Jack Smith’s brute force thuggery does not pass in my opinion for smarts.

Personally, I think this is just Jack Smith grandstanding, and that he has no expectation of getting this through. I don’t give that guy much credit, but neither do I think he’s idiotic.

He’s a worm for even proposing this, but we already knew that. He’s just trying to appear relentless and cold blooded. None of us should be impressed.

No, just the opposite. Trump needs to pull out all the stops, take off the gloves and say anything and everything. The more outrageous the show the better. Becoming a victim of the ruling class and the corrupt legal system who think that the public will be appalled by his behavior will end up martyring him. The publicity and sympathy will skyrocket.

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