Mr. Trump 'blocked' the prosecutor's attack in the secret documents case

New York [US], May 29: Lawyers for former US President Donald Trump have asked Judge Aileen Cannon to deny the prosecution's motion to issue a rule limiting what the former president can say about relevant law enforcement officers. case.
Mr. Trump was indicted on 40 charges of illegally retaining sensitive national security documents after leaving office. He denied the allegations and asserted that he had the right to keep those documents.
According to Reuters , last week, prosecutors asked the judge to order a restraining order against the defendant from threatening law enforcement. Previously, Mr. Trump was said to have made "false and inflammatory statements" when claiming that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had permission to assassinate him when executing a search warrant on his resort. he in Florida in August 2022.
Special prosecutor Jack Smith said that Mr. Trump's statements endanger law enforcement officers and that it is necessary to limit such comments. The defendant's lawyers claimed that the proposal placed unfair restrictions on the free speech rights of Mr. Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, to campaign. It is unclear when Judge Cannon will rule on the above motion.
The secret documents case is one of Mr. Trump's four criminal cases. The trial of three-quarters of these cases has been postponed, but the case of paying hush money to a porn actor in New York entered the summary of the parties' arguments on May 28 before the jury deliberated.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper