Fight over gag order in Trump classified documents case heats up

Lawyers for Donald Trump are preparing to argue that special counsel Jack Smith has not proven a need for new restrictions on what the former president can say about his criminal classified documents case in Florida.

Federal prosecutors with Smith’s office and attorneys for Trump will argue before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon next week over the recent effort by Smith to modify the former president’s release conditions. Trump’s lawyers liken Smith’s request to a gag order due to its threat of placing narrow limits on his speech as he campaigns for another shot at the presidency this November.

In this image from video provided by the Senate, Aileen M. Cannon speaks remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight nomination hearing to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on July 29, 2020, in Washington. (U.S. Senate via AP)

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