Trump's true TRUTH is now evidence
Trump special counsel Jack Smith enters ex-president's threatening Truth Social post saying 'If you go after me, I'm coming after you' into evidence just HOURS after it was published
▶ Donald Trump on Thursday told the magistrate in Washington DC that he understood he could not make any threats to those involved in his case
▶ On Friday, the 77-year-old wrote on his social media network: 'IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU!' - a seeming threat to those who may cooperate
▶ Hours later, Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing the prosecution, sought a protective order, citing Trump's post as evidence he may threaten witnesses
The special counsel overseeing a Donald Trump indictment has sought an emergency protective order just hours after the ex-president made a social media post viewed as threatening to witnesses.
Jack Smith entered Trump's post - saying 'IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU' - into evidence on Friday night, shortly after it was posted.
Smith says the post shows Trump cannot be trusted to keep confidential information disclosed to defendants ahead of a criminal trial confidential.
Defendants are provided with discovery - the evidence against them - but cannot publicize it.
Smith warned the post indicated Trump was determined to attack his critics by any means necessary.
'If the defendant were to begin issuing public posts using details - or, for example, grand jury transcripts - obtained in discovery here, it could have a harmful chilling effect on witnesses or adversely affect the fair administration of justice in this case,' Smith wrote. …
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12375335/Trump-special-counsel-Jack-Smith-enters-ex-presidents-threatening-Truth-Social-post-saying-Im-coming-evidence-just-HOURS-published.html