Trump Asks Judge to Sanction Jack Smith for ‘Unconstitutional’ Gag Order Request

‘This is bad-faith behavior, plain and simple,’ President Trump’s attorneys have alleged, asking the court to sanction special counsel Jack Smith and his team.

(Left) Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks in Washington on Aug. 1, 2023. (Right) Former President Donald Trump attends his trial in New York State Supreme Court in New York City on Dec. 7, 2023. Drew Angerer, David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump on Monday filed a court motion asking the judge in his classified documents case to strike down special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order and impose sanctions on the special counsel and all government attorneys who took part in the decision to file the “unconstitutional” request to muzzle the former president.

In a motion filed in a Florida court on May 27, the former president’s attorneys argued against Mr. Smith’s recent request for Judge Aileen Cannon to  impose a gag order on President Trump that cited danger to law enforcement following President Trump’s critical remarks about “deadly force” authorization for the 2022 FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago property.