Jack Smith Ups The Pressure On Trump And Aileen Cannon

Special Counsel Jack Smith's request for a limited gag order on Trump in the classified documents case puts pressure on Judge Aileen Cannon.

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Jack Smith Made A Move In Classified Documents Case And Trump Was Not Happy

In case you were busy over the Memorial Day holiday weekend in the US, Special Counsel Jack Smith used a Friday night filing in the classified documents case to request that Judge Aileen Cannon attach new conditions to Trump’s release that prohibit him from attacking law enforcement officers and putting their safety at risk with false claims that the FBI was going to assassinate him.

On Memorial Day, Trump’s legal team responded by complaining that Smith was trying to censor Trump:

In a blistering court filing late on Memorial Day, attorneys for Trump said that the gag order request was an “extraordinary, unprecedented, and unconstitutional censorship application” to target Trump’s speech as he runs for president.

The special counsel “improperly asks the Court to impose an unconstitutional gag order on President Trump … based on vague and unsupported assertions about threats to law enforcement personnel whose names have been redacted from public filings and whose identities are already subject to a protective order,” defense attorneys wrote.

The attorneys also said that prosecutors, whom they referred to as “self-appointed Thought Police,” were “seeking to condition President Trump’s liberty on his compliance” with their own views.

Trump’s lawyers appear to be admitting that threatening the lives of law enforcement is part of their client’s presidential campaign, which if true, would be very on-brand for Trump. This is the same guy who reportedly tried to attack a Secret Service agent who would not take him to the Capitol on 1/6.

Donald Trump seems to think that being a presidential candidate gives him special immunity to threaten the lives of law enforcement agents because he is running for president.

As bad as the situation could be for Trump, it is even worse for his favorite judge Aileen Cannon.