(Washington) A US appeals court on Friday suspended restrictions on public comment by parties to Donald Trump’s federal lawsuit over his allegedly unlawful attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, while it rules on the call from the ex-president.
The judge in the federal trial scheduled to begin March 4 in Washington, Tanya Chutkan, issued in October a series of restrictions on public comments aimed at prosecutors, court staff and witnesses on the case, which concern both the prosecution and defense.
It was briefly suspended following the appeal by Donald Trump’s lawyers, then reinstated on October 29 after hearing the arguments of both parties.
Seized Thursday evening of a new appeal from Mr. Trump, the Federal Court of Appeal in Washington granted his request for a suspension while it rules and set a hearing for November 20.
Under the decision of Judge Chutkan, again suspended, Donald Trump was prohibited from calling special prosecutor Jack Smith, who is investigating this case, a “crazy” and his colleagues “thugs”.
But the favorite of the Republican primaries could continue to rage against his Democratic successor Joe Biden, systematically nicknamed “scoundrel”, or accuse his administration of exploiting justice to eliminate him from the race for the White House. in 2024.