‘If you go after me, I’m coming after you’ says Trump on Truth Social.
Earlier in the day, it was reported that the former president and his allies are plotting full-on revenge attacks against his tormenters if he can find a path back to the White House. Now, Trump appears to be teasing his revenge plans online.
The prosecutors said Trump’s post raised concerns that he might improperly share evidence in the case on his social media account and they urged that he be ordered to keep any evidence prosecutors turn over to his defense team from public view.
“IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!” Trump posted without any further context on his own Truth Social platform.
Trump is currently facing dozens of criminal counts in various jurisdictions, most recently being arraigned in Washington, D.C, in connection with his purported efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump has maintained that the investigations and charges are part of a political witch hunt, although much of the adverse testimony has come from his inner circles.
Prosecutors on Friday night called a judge’s attention to a social media post from Donald Trump — issued hours earlier — in which they say the former president appeared to declare that he’s “coming after” those he sees as responsible for the series of formidable legal challenges he is facing.
Attorneys from special counsel Jack Smith’s team said the post from Trump “specifically or by implication” referenced those involved in his criminal case for seeking to subvert the 2020 election.
Smith’s office has not sought a gag order in either of the criminal cases it is pursuing against Trump: one in Florida focused on his retention of classified documents and the other in Washington over his efforts to interfere with the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The filing Friday night does not make any request to bar Trump or his attorneys from discussing the D.C. case publicly or with the media.
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