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malaise

(270,677 posts)
Fri May 24, 2024, 09:58 PM May 24

Breaking - Jack Smith seeks gag order in Mar-a-Lago documents case

Good

This shit about assassination attempt must be stopped
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4685434-jack-smith-seeks-gag-order-in-classified-docs-case-after-trump-locked-loaded-claim/

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.”

Well done JS


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Deuxcents

(16,822 posts)
1. The silence from republicans is deafening
Fri May 24, 2024, 10:07 PM
May 24

Anyone with a half ounce of brain cells know how the FBI conducts subpoenas. I’m no expert, by any means, and I know the FBI agents are armed.

malaise

(270,677 posts)
2. But the agents made sure Smelvis the SF Slobfather
Fri May 24, 2024, 10:10 PM
May 24

was not there during the raid so how were they trying to kill him.

This effin criminal lies the way the rest of us breathe

Deuxcents

(16,822 posts)
4. Right..his "free speech" is dangerously out of line
Fri May 24, 2024, 10:18 PM
May 24

And the silence feeds his contempt so he pushes the line more and more with each speech. His abuse of that right of free speech is criminal, imo

Haggard Celine

(16,899 posts)
9. Some people in this country
Sat May 25, 2024, 12:02 AM
May 25

believe that free speech is unlimited in this country. You're free to lie as much as you please, even if you're a politician or someone else in the public trust. And they don't understand why others oppose them.

Diraven

(602 posts)
11. They weren't all silent
Sat May 25, 2024, 12:46 AM
May 25

Some of them were dutifully repeating the lie. MTG, Paul Gosar, Byron Donalds, etc.

Silent Type

(3,504 posts)
6. Outrageous as far as FBI was engaged to kill him. However, they were authorized-- by policy -
Fri May 24, 2024, 10:31 PM
May 24

to shoot if necessary. Leave it to trump to lie, exaggerate, gaslight, etc.

At best trump will no longer use words like “engaged.” I’d bet a number of Democratic leaning judges would not approve Smith’s gag order as requested. But I can see some rules.

A solid conviction in NYC should prod trump to rethink his crud.

SoFlaBro

(2,320 posts)
10. IF she denies the request, Jack Smith can immediately fucking appeal the shit to the 11th circuit. Voir dire motherfuck
Sat May 25, 2024, 12:33 AM
May 25

LudwigPastorius

(9,499 posts)
12. The FBI wanted to kill Trump?
Sat May 25, 2024, 12:56 AM
May 25

Right...

If any government agency wanted to kill Trump, it would be the CIA. The fact that it didn't showed great restraint.

The infamous Wall of Honor press conference:

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