The latest complaint from the Justice Department underscores the extent to which Trump's social media attacks are testing the patience of prosecutors and...
WASHINGTON — Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith warned Tuesday that former President Donald Trump’s “daily” statements risk tainting a jury pool in Washington in the criminal case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The posts continued Tuesday both before and after the latest concern flared, with Trump earlier in the day circulating a New York Post story about Chutkan on his Truth Social platform and openly mocking the idea that she could be fair in his case. Later in the evening, he issued another post in which he attacked Smith as a “deranged” prosecutor with “unchecked and insane aggression.”
The subject surfaced again Tuesday in a dispute over a filing that the Justice Department sought to make under seal that it suggested concerned sensitive information, with an accompanying redacted version to be filed on the public dockets. Defense lawyers objected, countering that they were entitled to time to review the Justice Department’s filings and any proposed sealed exhibits.
“Such a requirement would grind litigation in this case to a halt, which is particularly infeasible given the pressing matters before the Court — including the defendant’s daily extrajudicial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury pool in this case, as described in the Government’s motion,” the Smith team wrote.
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