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Jack Smith seeks gag order in classified docs case after Trump 'locked & loaded' claim

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25.05.2024

Special counsel Jack Smith in a Friday filing called on the judge overseeing former President Trump's classified documents case to block Trump from speaking about the case in a way that could endanger law enforcement officials.

In his request, Smith asked the court to impose a condition that would bar Trump from making public statements that could "pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to the law enforcement agents participating in the investigation and prosecution of this case."

"Whether a particular statement meets that test “must be determined by reference to the statement’s full context," the filing reads. "But that condition would clearly prohibit further statements deceptively claiming that the agents involved in the execution of the search warrant were engaged in an effort to kill him, his family, or Secret Service agents."

The move comes after the........

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