Jack Smith seeks protective order over Truth Social ‘threat’ – live

1691271036 Nancy Pelosi says Donald Trump looked like a ‘scared puppy’ during arraignment Ariana Baio 5 August 2023 22:30 1691269236 Former vice president and 2024 candidate Mike Pence is capitalising on Donald Trump’s recent federal indictment by drawing positive attention to his own campaign with joking merchandise and snapping back at hecklers. While on the campaign trail in New Hampshire this past week, Mr Pence was confronted by a group of Mr Trump’s supporters who called him a ‘sellout’ and ‘traitor’ for refusing to falsely and unlawfully certify the 2020 election results in Mr Trump’s favor. ‘Why didn’t you uphold the Constitution?’ one protester shouted at Mr Pence on Friday. Mr Pence notoriously refused to engage in Mr Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election which ultimately made him a target during the Capitol riots. The ex-vice president calmly turned to the group of Trump supporters and responded, ‘I upheld the constitution. Read it.’ 2024 presidential candidate Mike Pence has used the federal indictment againt Donald Trump to boost his image on the campaign trail Ariana Baio 5 August 2023 22:00 1691267436 Federal prosecutors accused Donald Trump and his attorneys of trying to delay the process in his January 6 case by filing a motion to delay the time they are given to respond. ‘The Government wants to provide discovery to the defendant. By his motion, the defendant seeks to delay that process,’ the filing from the Department of Justice on Saturday reads. Prosecutors urged Judge Tanya Chutkan to deny Mr Trump’s motion to delay the date of response. Mr Trump’s attorneys asked the judge to move the date from Monday until Wednesday to give them more time to consider the proposed protective order. Ariana Baio 5 August 2023 21:30 1691265636 ‘If one was to judge Donald Trump’s mood by the various missives he posts to his bespoke social media platform, it’s possible to come away with the impression that the latest indictment filed against him – the third of a possible four criminal cases he could face before next year’s election – is nothing but a boon to his re-election hopes.’ Trump chose not to quietly slip in and out of the nation’s capital, Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington DC Ariana Baio 5 August 2023 21:00 1691263836 Frederick Francis Goltz, a man who advocated for a mass shooting of poll workers and threatened two Arizona officials and their children, has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison. Prosecutors said court documents showed that Mr Goltz threatened several people including a lawyer with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and a Maricopa County elections official, on far-right social media platforms. In plea papers, Goltz admitted that on 21 November 2022, he posted the lawyer’s name, home address and telephone number on social media, writing: ‘It would be a shame if someone got to this children.’ On the same date, in response to another post referring to other Maricopa County officials, he wrote: ‘Someone needs to get these people AND their children. The children are the most important message to send.’ After former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the 2020 election was stolen from him, there was a rise in threats against elections officials. Associated Press contributed to this report. Ariana Baio 5 August 2023 20:30 1691262036 Ariana Baio 5 August 2023 20:00 1691260200 The DC district judge assigned to oversee Donald Trump’s second federal indictment is Tanya Chutkan, a court docket revealed prior to Mr Trump’s arraignment on Thursday 3 August, at which he entered a not guilty plea to all charges. Judge Chutkan is an appointee of former president Barack Obama and was first appointed to the US District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2014. DC district judge has already sentenced at least 38 people convicted of Capitol riot-related crimes Ariana Baio 5 August 2023 19:30 1691258436 Donald Trump’s attorneys answered Judge Tanya Chutkan’s request to respond to the protective order that prosecutors in the Department of Justice requested and asked Judge Chutkan for an extension. Judge Chutkan initially told Mr Trump and his attorneys that he had until Monday to respond with any disagreements or changes to the protective order. But Mr Trump’s attorneys filed a request to extend that until Wednesday, 10 August. Lawyers for the ex-president said it would give them more time to review the proposed order and give feedback as they believe it is too complex to agree to upfront. ‘Discovery in this case will be extensive and likely present numerous complex issues. For that reason, it is essential to structure the parties’ discussion in a methodical and, ideally, cooperative manner,’ Mr Trump’s attorney wrote. They went on to call the restrictions laid out by the DoJ ‘wholly unproductive’ and ‘undermine the potential for party-driven resolutions.’ Ariana Baio 5 August 2023 19:00 1691256636 Prosecutors in the Department of Justice asked the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s most recent federal indictment for a protective order after the ex-president issued a seemingly threatening statement on Truth Social. The day after Mr Trump’s arraignment he took to his social media platform where he seemingly threatened revenge on those pursuing him. ‘IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!’ the ex-president wrote. Hours after his post, federal prosecutors asked District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan to issue an order that would limit what discovery evidence Mr Trump and his legal can share publicly, citing Mr Trump’s love for ranting on social media. Requested protective order asks judge to limit the amount of information Trump and his attorneys can share publicly Ariana Baio 5 August 2023 18:30 1691254836 Ex-White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham criticised her former boss’ posts on Truth Social, claiming they could be considered intimidating to the federal prosecution overseeing his 2020 election lies case. ‘I just don’t understand does somebody have to get hurt before people take this kind of online intimidation seriously?’ Ms Grisham said on CNN. Mr Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday seemingly threatening those who come after him saying, ‘IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!’ Prosecutors filed a request for a protective order so Mr Trump and his legal team are prevented from sharing too much information about the case. ‘Legally, it doesn’t seem like it’s very smart but how is that not intimidation?’ Ms Grisham asked. She called the ex-president’s speech ‘chilling’. Ariana Baio 5 August 2023 18:00