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Special counsel Jack Smith has submitted a proposed narrow gag order aimed at former President Donald Trump in the case, accusing him of attempting to overturn the 2020 election. This gag order would prohibit Trump from making “extrajudicial” statements that could potentially bias the jury selection process and influence the outcome of the trial.
Straight Arrow News contributor Ben Weingarten argues that the proposed gag order is primarily a political maneuver designed to undermine his presidential campaign. Weingarten contends that it is, in fact, the Biden administration that is influencing the legal process and diminishing confidence in the judicial system.
You see, Jack Smith claims Trump is seeking to “undermine confidence in the criminal justice system and prejudice the jury pool through disparaging and inflammatory attacks on the citizens of this District, the Court, prosecutors and prospective witnesses.” Totally subjective, of course.
But actually, the Biden administration and its special counsel, the judge and jury pool, have undermined confidence in the system all on their own, prejudicing the proceedings.
Recall that this is a case brought by a prosecutor on behalf of this vindictive White House with a history of losing unanimously at the Supreme Court in his zealous pursuit of political figures — a prosecutor involved in the Lois Lerner IRS scandal against conservatives. This is an unprecedented and novel case, outlined in an indictment that is nothing if not political and prejudiced, from a prosecutor with a penchant for prejudicing himself by leaking to undermine Trump.
