Trump’s Attack on Pence Could Push Judge To Mute the Former President

The former president’s Truth Social posts emerge as courtroom liabilities.

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President Trump speaks at a fundraiser event for the Alabama GOP, August 4, 2023, at Montgomery. AP Photo/Butch Dill

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request for a protective order limiting President Trump’s ability to discuss the evidence at the core of the criminal case against him brings into focus a clash between the rights accorded a criminal defendant and the prerogatives of a candidate for America’s highest office.

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