Justice bans Donald Trump from any public comments on judges, prosecutors or witnesses ahead of his main trial

He will no longer be able to call special prosecutor Jack Smith a “crazy” and his colleagues from “thugs”. The judge in the federal trial of Donald Trump, prosecuted for his attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 US presidential election, and in particular the assault on the Capitol in January 2021, on Monday, October 16, banned him from any public comments targeting prosecutors , judges and court employees, and witnesses. “Something terrible happened to democracy today”immediately reacted on social networks the former American president, who announced his intention to appeal, once again shouting at “witch hunt”.

Donald Trump’s candidacy for the 2024 presidential election “don’t give him carte blanche to vilify civil servants who are simply doing their job”, Judge Tanya Chutkan said in a Washington court. During the debates which lasted two hours, she divided the targets of Donald Trump’s vindictiveness into five categories. The judge rejected prosecutors’ request for the federal capital and its population, as well as for the Biden administration, including its Justice Department, nicknamed by Donald Trump “Ministry of Injustice”considering them sufficiently protected by the rules already in force.

On the other hand, it considered it necessary to grant additional protection to the three other categories: prosecutors, judges and court employees, and potential witnesses. The favorite of the Republican primaries will thus be able to continue to lash out against his Democratic successor Joe Biden, systematically given the nickname of “crapulous”. Donald Trump will also be allowed to attack his former vice-president, Mike Pence, on a political level, but not on his status as a potential witness in this case.