NEW: Tonight, concerned that Trump's escalating rhetoric..the Special Counsel's office is asking [View all]

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NEW: Tonight, concerned that Trump’s escalating rhetoric about the standard instructions attached to the MAL search warrant will result in violence against law enforcement, the Special Counsel’s office is asking not for a gag order, but to modify Trump’s conditions of release. 1/

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That matters because when Trump was first indicted, his bond — which he signed —
made clear that his continued release was conditioned on his compliance with certain terms. 2/

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For example, Trump’s order not only prohibits him from violating any federal, state or local law while on release
but also precludes his speaking to any fact witnesses on a list shared with his lawyers
about the facts of the case, except through their respective lawyers.

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@lawofruby
But in asking to modify Trump’s conditions of release to prohibit his making statements that pose a “significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger” to law enforcement involved in the investigation and prosecution of the MAL case, the Special Counsel is upping the ante. 4/

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Lisa Rubin @lawofruby
Why? Because where a defendant violates a condition of his release, the consequences can include “the immediate issuance of a warrant for the defendant’s arrest, a revocation of release, and order of detention,” as well as a prosecution for contempt. 5/

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@lawofruby
But perhaps most importantly, if Judge Cannon denies this motion,
it is immediately appealable to the 11th Circuit under federal statute, which provides in relevant part:

https://law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3731

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**See LBN for article about the above:
Prosecutors Seek To Bar Trump In Classified Files Case From Statements Endangering Law Enforcement
The request follows a false claim by Trump earlier this week that the FBI agents who searched his home in August 2022 were “authorized to shoot me.”

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143245897