Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a South Dakota Republican party rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. September 8, 2023.
Jonathan Ernst | Reuters
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday asked a federal judge to bar former President Donald Trump from publicly discussing the testimony and credibility of potential witnesses or the evidence in his federal election interference trial in D.C.
The request came in the form of a motion that laid out many of Trump’s most aggressive social media posts in recent months, in which he takes aim at likely witness including former vice president Mike Pence, the judge presiding over the case and the U.S. attorneys prosecuting him.
“The defendant knows that when he publicly attacks individuals and institutions, he inspires others to perpetrate threats and harassment against his targets,” prosecutors wrote.
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