- Witness intimidation is a concern in Trump’s federal cases, as well.
- Earlier this month, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office was granted a partial protective order restricting Trump’s ability to distribute evidence made available to him in the course of his federal 2020 election meddling trial. The case’s judge, Tanya Chutkan, warned Trump and his attorneys that she would “ take whatever measures are necessary to safeguard the integrity of these proceedings.”
Trump Promises He Won’t Intimidate Witnesses in Georgia Bail Agreement
Prosecutors met with Trump’s attorneys on Monday to discuss the specifics on the former president’s surrender and the conditions of his release. The former president will be required to pay a $200,000 bond, and sign off on various requirements from the court in order to remain free. These include not committing any further crimes, appearing in court when required to, and refraining from making any “direct or indirect threat of any nature” against any co-defendant, unindicted co-conspirator, witness, or victim.
The court also prohibits the former president from making a “direct or indirect threat of any nature against the community or to any property in the community.”
Crucially, prosecutors made a point to stipulate that these restrictions apply to “posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media.”
Georgia prosecutors are likely seeking to preemptively restrain the former president from engaging in the directed attacks against investigators, judges, and even witnesses.
- Their concerns have been repeatedly validated by Trump’s manic social media posts and public statements, which often target those involved in the case.
- Last week, Trump wrote on Truth Social that former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan should not provide his testimony to prosecutors investigating his case.
“I am reading reports that failed former Lt. Governor of Georgia, Jeff Duncan, will be testifying before the Fulton County Grand Jury. He shouldn’t,” Trump wrote in Truth Social. “I barely know him but he was, right from the beginning of this Witch Hunt, a nasty disaster for those looking into the Election Fraud that took place in Georgia. He refused having a Special Session to find out what went on, became very unpopular with Republicans (I refused to endorse him!), and fought the TRUTH all the way.”
DOJ Rips Trump’s Push to Delay 2020 Election Trial Three Years
According to the government, which proposed a Jan. 2, 2024 start for the trial, Trump’s attorneys cite misrepresented statistics regarding the average length of the trial for Jan. 6 cases.
- “The defendant cites the median time from commencement to termination for jury trials of Section 371 charges—29.4 months—without explaining that this median time runs through the completion of sentencing, not the beginning of trial,” the special prosecutor argues.
Trump 2026 trial date in election case should be rejected, prosecutors argue
Special counsel prosecutors urged the US district court judge Tanya Chutkan to ignore Trump’s ‘skewed’ statistics
Special counsel prosecutors sharply objected on Monday to Donald Trump’s request for an April 2026 trial date in the case involving his efforts to subvert the 2020 election results, arguing his lawyers’ reasons were disingenuous and denied the American public’s right to a speedy trial.
The six-page court filing took particular issue with how the former US president’s legal team used flawed statistics to apparently settle on having a trial take place three years after he was charged with four felony counts in August for conspiring to return himself to office.
Trump has made clear that his overarching legal strategy for each of his criminal cases is to seek delay – preferably until after the 2024 presidential election, in which he is the frontrunner to clinch the Republican nomination – in an effort to insulate himself from the charges...
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