Trump’s posts ‘threaten to prejudice jury pool’ in federal 2020 case, complaint says
by Sam Levine in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#6EGHC)
Complaint from attorneys shows extent to which Trump's social media activities are serious issue for US prosecutors
Donald Trump is making daily extrajudicial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury pool" in the federal criminal case dealing with his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, attorneys for special counsel Jack Smith said in a court filing.
Trump has not hesitated to criticize the US district judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case. He has called her highly partisan" and VERY BIASED & UNFAIR," pointing to her comments sentencing one of the January 6 rioters. Trump has also attacked Smith, calling him deranged" and someone with unchecked and insane aggression".
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