“IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!” he wrote.
Shortly after, in a standard move early in a criminal prosecution, the government filed its request for a protective order in the case to Judge Chutkan. Prosecutors noted that protections over discovery were “particularly important” in this instance because Mr. Trump “has previously issued public statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys and others associated with legal matters pending against him.”
To prove their point, they included a screenshot of the former president’s threatening post from that same evening.
A short time after the government’s filing, Mr. Trump’s campaign issued a statement with no aide’s name attached, insisting he was practicing his First Amendment rights.
“The Truth post cited is the definition of political speech,” the statement said, adding that it was in response to “dishonest special interest groups” and political committees attacking him.
That Mr. Trump is a political candidate exercising free speech is going to be an element of his defense in the latest case against him. Mr. Trump’s campaign on Friday also posted on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, a 60-second ad describing the prosecutors who have considered cases against him as the “fraud squad” acting on behalf of President Biden. (Those include the New York attorney general, Letitia James, who has brought a civil action case.)
Kitchen-Plant664 on August 5th, 2023 at 14:26 UTC »
Lock. Him. Up.
Whatsitgonnatakeguys on August 5th, 2023 at 14:16 UTC »
Anytime I see this shit I like to play the mental exercise called “what if Obama did that?”
kickthemout1987 on August 5th, 2023 at 13:31 UTC »
Trump is a danger to America and our democracy, he has shown it every opportunity he has had. But not only that, so are all republicans, with the exception of a few. They are complacent and even encourage his fascism. They recognize that it is now the only way to get power. This is why it’s more important now than ever to vote these fucks out.
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