President Trump again asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to hold Special Counsel Jack Smith in contempt for violating her order halting all proceedings in the January 6 case against Trump.
Last month, Obama-appointed judge Tanya Chutkan halted Trump's case on January 6 in D.C. amid a dispute over the former president's immunity argument.
“Plaintiffs' filings and products, Exhibits 188 and 191, attempt to achieve both of these unlawful goals,” Trump's lawyers wrote in a memo accusing Jack Smith of “willfully, repeatedly and flagrantly violating the court's stay order.”
Trump's legal advisor Jack Smith was accused of illegally filing requests to flood the media with anti-Trump headlines.
“It is no coincidence that the Biden campaign, prosecutors, and ‘sources’ close to the prosecutors are simultaneously trying to flood the airwaves with anti-Trump rhetoric during his stay,” Trump’s lawyers wrote.
NEW: Trump's lawyers have filed another motion asking Judge Chutkan to hold Special Counsel Jack Smith in contempt for continuing to violate a court order that has put the pretrial schedule on hold pending resolution of the presidential immunity issue. pic.twitter.com/rd5IRVSxpD
– Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) January 13, 2024
This is the second time Trump has asked the court to hold Jack Smith in contempt in the January 6 case in D.C., in which the special counsel charged him with four counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and obstruction and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding. And conspiracy against rights.
“President Donald J. Trump respectfully moves this Court to issue an order to show cause why Attorneys General Jack Smith, Molly Gaston, and Thomas Windom (collectively, the 'Prosecutors') should not be charged with violating the Court's 'stay there' order.[ing] Any other actions that would move this case toward trial or impose additional litigation burdens on the defendant. document. 186 at 2 (“Stay Order”),” Trump’s attorney wrote earlier this month in the order he reviewed Critic portal.
“The stay order is clear, direct, and unambiguous. All substantive proceedings in this court are stayed. Despite this clarity, prosecutors began violating the stay order almost immediately. First, within five days of the court issuing the stay order, prosecutors filed “Thousands of pages of additional discovery, along with a draft list of alleged evidence. Through counsel, President Trump communicated that he rejected prosecutors' unlawful advances, that their actions violated the stay order, and that he would seek redress if their malicious conduct continued,” Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche wrote.
Jack Smith responded to Trump's lawsuit asking a judge to hold him in contempt of court. He said he did not violate Chutkan's stay order because he was filing discovery before the pretrial deadlines.
All pretrial proceedings are on hold pending a decision from the Court of Appeals or possibly SCOTUS, but that hasn't stopped Jack Smith from filing.
Last month, Jack Smith filed a motion with the court to block President Trump from blaming instigators and secret agents for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
President Trump previously attacked Jack Smith for filing an “illegal” request in another attempt to silence him and take away his First Amendment rights.
“Joe Biden’s neglected boy, deranged Jack Smith, is obsessed with attacking your favorite president, me, and interfering in the 2024 presidential election, which I control. Deranged Jack is so angry and desperate that the Supreme Court unanimously rejects his failed attempt to expedite the witch hunt, and that he ignores the law and the clear instructions from the D.C. court that this “case” must stand, and there can be no more filings. Today's pathetic proposal is not only illegal, it is another unconstitutional attempt to take away my First Amendment rights, and to prevent me from telling the truth – all of these shenanigans are nothing but political persecution of me, the MAGA movement, and the Republican Party at the hands of Joe Crooked and his thugs. The despicable ones. Communists, Marxists, and radical left fascists are afraid to tell the truth because the American people do not want them to destroy our country. Make America Great Again! Trump said on Truth Social last month.
