It is Friday night and we are on the verge of finding out the answer to a question that has

been hanging over this country for eight years. Can anyone or anything stop Donald Trump from

lying to the American public? We are learning new details about a request from special counsel Jack

Smith who is asking a DC federal court to restrict Trump's public comments about that case ahead

of the trial, which is scheduled for March 4th of next year. Smith's team writes in this filing,

since the grand jury returned an indictment in this case, the defendant has repeatedly and widely

disseminated public statements attacking the citizens of the District of Columbia, the court,

prosecutors, and prospective witnesses. Through his statements, the defendant threatens to undermine

the integrity of these proceedings and prejudice the jury pool. Put simply, those involved in the

criminal justice process who read and hear the defendant's disparaging and inflammatory messages

from court personnel to prosecutors to witnesses to potential jurors may reasonably fear that they

could be the next targets of the defendant's attacks. The special counsel then goes on to

cite a laundry list of Trump's social media posts and public comments disparaging anyone and

anything related to his various indictments. The prosecution cites Trump's vague but ominous

all-caps threat the day after his arraignment warning, if you go after me, I'm coming after you

for the record. Trump's campaign claimed that that statement was about his political opponents.

Okay, prosecutors cite Trump's various attacks on Judge Tony Chukkin herself, the person overseeing

Trump's 2020 election case in federal court who he has called a fraud dressed up as a judge,

a radical Obama hack, and a biased Trump-hating judge. The prosecution cites Trump's attacks

on the city of Washington, DC, which Trump has called a filthy and crime-ridden district that is

over 95% anti-Trump. And the prosecution cites Trump's repeated attacks on, well, the prosecution

and the special counsel himself. Okay, so if the judge, Judge Chukkin chooses to grant the

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