Posted on 08/05/2023 6:26:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Trump Special Counsel Jack Smith filed for an emergency protective order on Friday night after getting spooked by a social media post. The former president posted an allegedly threatening statement on Truth Social and Smith asked for protection.
Trump posted on Truth Social Friday night the following statement: ‘IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU’ That was the entire post. One statement in all caps. Smith entered it into evidence Friday night shortly after Trump posted it. This is an indication that Smith’s team is actively monitoring Trump’s social media posts. They struck gold with what Smith considers a threat to himself, though Trump didn’t name any names.
Smith alleges the post is a threat to potential witnesses while Team Trump claims Smith is attacking political speech used by Trump. Trump faces allegations of trying to intimidate witnesses. Defendants are provided with evidence against them (discovery) but they cannot publicize it.
‘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.
Smith said the proposed protective order was not ‘overly restrictive,’ noting that it would still enable Trump to use discovery materials in his defense.
‘All the proposed order seeks to prevent is the improper dissemination or use of discovery materials, including to the public,’ Smith wrote.
‘Such a restriction is particularly important in this case because the defendant has previously issued public statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys and others associated with legal matters pending against him.
‘And in recent days, regarding this case, the defendant has issued multiple posts – either specifically or by implication – including the following, which the defendant posted just hours ago.’
Smith then included a screenshot of the Truth Social post.
Trump had to have known that Smith would pounce on that post. Smith is determined to show that Trump is intimidating potential witnesses in his case against Trump. He is doing everything he can to toss Trump into jail and prevent him from running against Joe Biden in 2024. Democrats are afraid that Biden is such a weak candidate that in order to keep him in office, Trump must be jailed. This is truly uncharted territory in presidential elections.
The reason Smith brought up the subject of discovery in his request for an emergency protective order is that Smith fears Trump using discovery material against him. Thursday, the judge in his case reminded Trump that it is a crime to intimidate a juror, bribe anyone, or obstruct justice. He responded in the affirmative when asked if he understood what the judge told him. Then, the next day Trump posted that statement.
Trump deliberately plays into the hands of Smith. I say deliberately because Trump is using the indictments as fundraising tools. These court cases against him are costing millions of dollars in legal defense fees. Trump has maneuvered the system so that he uses campaign donations to pay his legal bills. Little old ladies are sending in money to Trump for his re-election and he’s using their money to pay legal bills. It’s a grift, legal or not.
In another Friday post on Truth Social, Trump called on the Supreme Court to intervene in his prosecution. He admits he can’t pay his legal bills and campaign as he needs to do at the same time. This, of course, is exactly what Smith and his ilk set out to do – drain his bank account, cripple his ability to campaign, and then imprison him to get him out of the way.
In a post on this Truth Social platform, Trump implied that President Joe Biden along with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Attorney General Merrick Garland have brought “a barrage of weak lawsuits” against him, which require a huge amount of time and money to fight in court.
“Resources that would have gone into Ads and Rallies, will now have to be spent fighting these Radical Left Thugs in numerous courts throughout the Country,” he wrote.
Trump repeated his claim that the legal troubles he brought upon himself amount to “election interference” on the part of Biden’s allies.
“The Supreme Court must intercede,” he added.
Trump went after Smith as he spoke during his campaign rally in Alabama on Friday. The Truth Social post was made before he spoke at the rally.
Trump: Deranged Jack Smith. Doesn’t he look deranged? You’ve seen the pictures with the purple robe. He’s a deranged human being. This guy is a lost soul. Bad guy. He’s a deranged sick person pic.twitter.com/06mF1tJ7PE
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 5, 2023
Lawyers for Trump and his co-defendant Walt Nauta didn’t object to the emergency protective order. They have not yet responded to Smith’s request.
Something that struck me is that the legacy media and reporters are so quick to call Jack Smith a badass, a tough guy, someone who isn’t afraid of anyone. Norah O’Donnell slobbered all over herself in admiration of Smith’s physical fitness and his aggressive behavior pattern.
“I want to spend a moment on Jack Smith because he is essentially who Donald Trump is up against. And multiple of these indictments – the two, of course, the classified documents and January 6 the one, they’re sitting across from each other inside this courtroom,” O’Donnell said. “Jack Smith is somebody who has run and has competed in over 100 triathlons. He was reportedly at one point hit when he was on his bike by a truck and 10 weeks later, he ran another triathlon.”
She continued, “This is a man of a lot of grit and a lot of determination. And even what we have seen in these indictments is just a sliver of what they know and what his prosecutorial team knows, right?”
“His aggressive approach to his personal health and exercise correlates to how he approaches his persecution and his strategy,” CBS News correspondent Robert Costa added.
Tough guy wanted to look concerned about his personal safety and used a social media post to gin up support. Trump brings most of this stuff on himself, that is true. However, Smith and other Democrats are approaching over-reach territory in their pursuit of destroying Trump. They won’t rest until he is in an orange jumpsuit.
Here’s a preview of what may come next:
Free speech is one thing, but this is over the line. As a prosecutor, I'd be sorely tempted to make a motion to revoke Trump's pre-trial bond & put him in custody. Let him explain it to the judge. pic.twitter.com/qEhiXtVFnu
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 4, 2023
That's standing operating procedure for these Federal prosecutors.
A total needle dick.
Red State has been RINO for years now, never mind very anti-Trump.
Opus?
‘Opus’
…..not as long as ‘it’ can stay here and smear Trump
“‘IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU’”
I don’t see anything wrong with what Trump said.
In the first place Trump said “IF”.
As far as I know Smith has never said he would “go after” Trump. Smith maintains he is just doing his job of treating everyone equal.
I don’t think President Trump statement applies to Smith; unless Smith is doing something crooked.
I think Redstate was started by Erick Erickson? If so, definitely RINO.
That’s the guy.
Democrats, and especially the FBI Democrats, think they are above all of us. They think they’re bulletproof and laws don’t apply to them. We will see about that.
Protective order from mean tweets?
I hear Smith appeared in court wearing wet pants and quaking with fear.
Smith’s main problem is that he opened a real can of worms.
Trump can now open up every swing state and subpoena any person or
election documentation his team needs. Smith walked right into a biz saw
and before this is over, Trump is going to be proven the winner in 2020.
All this because Smith was ordered to do it, and he wanted to make a name
for himself.
He will…
MUD
I’ll buy you a cup of coffee if you’re correct.
I sure hope so. Wouldn't that be great? But I can't help but wonder why he had to wait until he was facing jail time to try to get that info...
I hear Smith appeared in court wearing wet pants and quaking with fear.
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Unlike most cases, where the Federal prosecutor gets a 97% conviction rate because he produces draconian sentencing to induce a plea bargain.
Trump is saying not guilty.... see you in court......I want a trial.
There will be many delays in these bogus cases, but it’s important that once they happen, we get some Trump partisans on the juries.
“I don’t think President Trump statement applies to Smith; unless Smith is doing something crooked.”
If Smith thinks Trump is after him he just admitted he is after Trump.
That’s certainly how he appeared when he gave his little speech after the indictment the other day.
Is Smith and the democRATS trying to start something that will get out of control?
Was Jackie Boy wearing his vagina hat while filing his complaint?
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