曼哈顿地区检察官办公室已经要求法官监督刑事案件反对前总统唐纳德·特朗普以防止他公布发现过程中获得的证据。
在一项新的动议中,检察官表示,特朗普的辩护律师“不会同意保护令”,因此他们要求法官实施保护令。
检察官表示,他们希望确保特朗普仅将这些材料用于准备辩护,而不是在社交媒体上发布。
“被告唐纳德·j·特朗普(Donald J. Trump)有着攻击证人、调查人员、检察官、审判陪审员、大陪审团成员、法官和其他参与针对他的法律诉讼的人的长期、或许是独特的历史,使这些个人及其家人面临相当大的安全风险,”该动议称。
法宝表示不服罪在2016年竞选的最后几周,34项伪造商业记录的指控涉及向色情女演员斯托米·丹尼尔斯支付13万美元的封口费。
2023年4月14日,前总统唐纳德·特朗普在印第安纳波利斯的全国步枪协会大会上发表讲话。
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检察官表示,特朗普表现出的行为“模式”使得保护令成为必要,并指出特别顾问对其进行的调查对错误处理机密文件的指控以及对参与调查的人进行人身攻击的社交媒体帖子。
“这种模式,特别是考虑到被告目前正在接受联邦调查,因为他处理机密材料,引起了人们的极大关注,即被告将同样滥用大陪审团和其他敏感材料,”动议说。
特朗普否认有不当行为,并将对他行为的所有调查视为削弱他第三次竞选白宫的政治企图。
Donald Trump needs protective order to prevent him from publicizing evidence, prosecutors say
The Manhattan district attorney's office has asked the judgeoverseeing the criminal caseagainst former PresidentDonald Trumpto prevent him from publicizing evidence obtained during discovery.
In a new motion, prosecutors said Trump's defense attorneys "will not consent to a protective order" so they asked the judge to impose one.
Prosecutors said they want to make sure the material is used by Trump solely to prepare a defense and not for posting on social media.
"Defendant Donald J. Trump has a longstanding and perhaps singular history of attacking witnesses, investigators, prosecutors, trial jurors, grand jurors, judges, and others involved in legal proceedings against him, putting those individuals and their families at considerable safety risk," the motion said.
Trumphas pleaded not guiltyto 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels in the closing weeks of the 2016 campaign.
Prosecutors said Trump has shown a "pattern" of behavior that makes the protective order necessary, pointing to the special counsel investigation intoallegations of mishandling of classified documentsand to social media posts that have included personal attacks on those involved in the investigation.
"This pattern, particularly given that Defendant is currently under federal investigation for his handling of classified materials, gives rise to significant concern that Defendant will similarly misuse grand jury and other sensitive materials here," the motion said.
Trump has denied wrongdoing and has cast all the investigations into his conduct as political attempts to undercut his third run for the White House.