Trump Comments Risk Tainting Washington Jury Pool, DOJ Says
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Donald Trump at a campaign event in Waco, Texas, in March.
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Donald Trump’s daily statements about the election obstruction case in Washington threaten to “prejudice” the jury pool in the nation’s capital, US prosecutors told a judge.
The claim on Tuesday came in the middle of a fight between Special Counsel John “Jack” Smith’s office and the former president’s legal team over a sealed request the government wants to file. The filings are light on details, but prosecutors revealed that their motion describes Trump’s “daily extrajudicial statements.”