Former President Trump filed a motion with U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida requesting that she sanction special counsel Jack Smith over his request for a gag order.
Former President Trump's attorneys on Monday accused the government of 'unconstitutional censorship' in response to federal prosecutors asking the judge in his classified documents case for a gag order.
On Friday evening, Smith's team filed a motion to U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who is presiding over the classified documents case, and requested that she prohibit Trump from making statements that 'pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents participating in the investigation and prosecution of this case.' Trump claimed in a campaign appeal that FBI agents were 'locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger.
Trump, however, has distorted the standard inclusion of the policy limiting the use of deadly force by mischaracterizing it as a claim that the FBI 'WAS AUTHORIZED TO SHOOT ME,' was 'just itching to do the unthinkable,' and was 'locked & loaded ready to take me out,'' Smith's team wrote in their filing.
The investigation is overseen by Smith, who Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed. Smith has charged Trump with 40 felony counts, including violating the Espionage Act, making false statements to investigators and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Trump has pleaded not guilty. The case is not expected to go to trial until after the November election. Fox News' David Spunt and Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
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