Thread by @kyledcheney

JUST IN: Judge Chutkan is about to unseal a filing related to potential witness intimidation by Trump, alleged by prosecutors. It will be redacted to exclude identiying information, but she mentions the government is seeking some form of "relief.

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Chutkan characterizes Jack Smith's motion this way:

"The government seeks to establish that Defendant has publicly criticized his perceived adversaries and is aware that this criticism has led to their harassment."

She reveals that witnesses testified about harassment.

NEWS: Prosecutors are seeking a “narrow“ limit on what Trump can publicly say about potential witnesses in the Washington DC criminal case against him

NEW: Prosecutors want to gag Trump’s ability to attack Jack Smith, Judge Chutkan and potential witnesses in his Washington DC criminal case. They say he has knowingly stoked attacks and harassment on perceived critics with false and inflammatory rhetoric.

MORE: Prosecutors also say Trump “knowingly lied” when he accused prosecutor Jay Bratt of improperly meeting White House officials. Rather, he had the evidence that Bratt was interviewing a career military official stationed at the WH. go.politicoemail.com/?qs=489a0f4e04…

NEWS: The gag order request came hours after newly unsealed court filings from the spring showed the same prosecutors warning that Trump's knowledge of. asearch warrant for his Twitter account could "precipitate violence." politico.com/news/2023/09/1…

Taken together, the filings are an extraordinary assessment by prosecutors that a former US president poses a unique danger to the justice system, spreading "knowing lies" in ways that stoke threats and actual violence — but continuing to do so anyway. politico.com/news/2023/09/1…