Jack Smith Gives Donald Trump A Very Black Friday

The DOJ doesn't take holidays off, as Jack Smith demonstrated in a new letter detailing Trump generated threats against the court in his fraud trial.

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Jack Smith Hits Trump With Thanksgiving Filing

On Thanksgiving Day, the Special Counsel’s office submitted a letter that revealed that there are 275 pages of single-space evidence of threats against the New York court holding Trump’s civil fraud trial. The Special Counsel submitted the evidence as a reason for continuing Trump’s DC gag order.

The letter began:

The Government submits this letter pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28(j), to notify the Court of a document filed on November 22, 2023, in connection with the appeal of an order imposed in New York v. Trump, et al., Index No. 452564/2022, which was referenced in the parties’ briefing, see Govt. Br. at 6-7; Def. Reply at 2, 9, and arises out of an incident that the district court discussed at the October 16, 2023 hearing, see JA.192-93. Specifically, the Government refers the Court to Exhibit E to the attached affidavit, which is a sworn affirmation by an employee of the New York State Unified Court System, assigned to the Judicial Threats Assessment Unit, discussing the defendant’s October 3, 2023 social media post, which “resulted in hundreds of threatening and harassing voicemail messages that have been transcribed into over 275 single spaced pages.”

Because the parties referenced this matter in their briefs, and the Court inquired at oral argument about evidence of ongoing threats and harassment, the Government respectfully submits Exhibit E (and the related documents, for completeness) as supplemental authority.

Trump is trying to intimidate the courts, It is part of his strategy to beat the charges in all of his trials. The reason why the former president is so upset about the gag orders is because Donald Trump knows that his only way out of avoiding a criminal conviction is to win the 2024 election.

Being elected president is his literal get-out-of-jail-free card, but as we will discuss below, Trump is starting more fires for himself than he is putting out with his attacks.