Trump Social Media Post Presented By Prosecutors In Court Filing

Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s upcoming trial have asked for limits on what the Former President can publicly say about the case, after he shared a threatening message online.

In a filing, the prosecutors said they feared Mr Trump might disclose confidential evidence.

They justified the move citing a post by Mr Trump shared on Friday, saying it targeted people involved in the case.

However, Mr Trump’s team insisted the post was directed at political opponents.

On the Truth social network Mr Trump wrote “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!”

Just a day after he pleaded not guilty to four charges in the alleged election fraud case.

The charges, include conspiracy to defraud the US, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of citizen.

In their filing, the office of Special Counsel Jack Smith, said the post raised concerns that Mr Trump could publicly reveal secret material, including grand jury transcripts obtained from prosecutors.

Noting that Mr Trump has a history of attacking judges, attorneys and witnesses against him.

Mr Smith’s office warned that his behaviour could have “a harmful chilling effect on witnesses or adversely affect the fair administration of justice in this case.”

The filing added that Friday’s post “specifically or by implication” referred to those involved in the criminal case against him.

Judge Tanya Chutkan gave Mr Trump’s legal team until 17:00 local time on Monday to respond to the submission.

Mr Trump’s lawyers asked for three more days, but the judge denied their request.

In a statement shortly after the filing, a spokesperson for Mr Trump defended the social media post and insisted that he had been targeting political opponents.

“The Truth post cited is the definition of political speech,” the statement said.

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