唐纳德·特朗普不应该被允许针对乔·拜登总统发表“不相关”的言论，或者说1月6日国会大厦骚乱是他的责任联邦选举干预审判特别顾问杰克·史密斯周三在一份法庭文件中写道。

“通过公开声明、文件和法庭听证会上的辩论，辩方试图将党派政治攻击和不相关的偏见问题注入本案，这些问题在陪审团审判中没有一席之地。”归档各州。

“虽然法院可以承认这些努力的实质，并忽略它们，但陪审团——如果受制于它们——可能不会，”它继续说。“法庭不应该允许被告将法庭变成一个传播不相关的虚假信息的论坛，应该拒绝他将政治注入这一程序的企图。”

这位特别顾问认为，特朗普表示“他打算通过提出完全错误的说法来弹劾调查的完整性，例如政府不存在的‘与拜登政府的协调’，以及从选择性和报复性的起诉动议中回收的其他空洞指控，他基于报纸文章中的匿名消息来源。”

史密斯的团队在文件中还认为，特朗普应该被禁止在陪审团面前使用“诸如‘非正义部门’、‘拜登起诉书’或类似短语”等术语。

特朗普在8月份对特别顾问的刑事指控做出无罪辩护，指控他通过招募一批所谓的“假选举人”，利用司法部进行“虚假选举犯罪调查”，试图招募副总统“改变选举结果”，并在1月6日暴乱肆虐时宣传虚假的选举被盗指控，以推翻2020年选举的结果——所有这些都是为了颠覆民主，继续掌权。

这位前总统否认所有不当行为，并谴责这些指控是“对政治对手的迫害”。

在周三提交的文件中，史密斯指责特朗普从事无事实依据的公开造谣活动，以诋毁他说必须排除的起诉书，以免玷污他的刑事审判，该审判可能会从预计的3月4日开始日期推迟。负责监督此案的美国地区法官塔尼娅·楚特坎(Tanya Chutkan)在上诉过程结束时暂停了此案的诉讼程序。

这位特别顾问还认为，特朗普应该被禁止辩称，他个人被外国关于选举的虚假信息所欺骗，或者外国的虚假信息活动导致了1月6日的骚乱。

“首先，被告没有指出任何证据表明是外国的影响——而不是他自己的谎言——激发了1月6日的暴乱，”史密斯的团队说。“在任何情况下，无论其他人——无论是平民还是外国演员——在互联网上说不真实的事情，都不能免除被告对其追随者撒谎或采取犯罪步骤非法保留权力的责任。”

2023年8月1日，特别顾问杰克·史密斯在华盛顿司法部办公室谈到对前总统唐纳德·特朗普的起诉。

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这位特别顾问表示，特朗普应该阻止的另一个领域是指责执法部门或华盛顿市长穆里尔·布瑟在2021年1月6日未能保护国会大厦。

“一个银行抢劫犯不能通过指责银行保安没有阻止他来为自己辩护，”文件中写道。“一个欺诈被告不能向陪审团声称他的受害者应该更清楚地知道不要上他的当。被告不能辩称执法部门本应阻止他造成的暴力和他有意的阻碍。”

特朗普周三在一份声明中回应了这份文件，声称检方无视法官Chutkan关于暂停选举颠覆案的指示。

特朗普在一份声明中写道:“令人难过的是，最高法院刚刚一致拒绝了他急于进行这场政治迫害的绝望尝试，他无视法律和地区法院法官楚特坎的明确指示，他明确表示，这个‘案件’被搁置，不应该有诉讼。”。

特朗普在声明中还抨击了这位特别顾问，指责他“痴迷于攻击特朗普总统，干涉2024年总统大选”，并称他为拜登的“跑腿”。

本月早些时候，最高法院驳回了史密斯的请求，即立即受理特朗普在其联邦选举干预案中提出的免于起诉的主张。在一项单行命令中，大法官拒绝在判决前授予移审令状，这意味着他们将允许联邦上诉法院首先审理此事，这是特朗普的法律团队敦促法院做的事情。

这一决定实际上使最高法院暂时置身于此案之外，并可能意味着此案3月4日的审判日期可能会推迟。

Trump should be barred from blaming others for Jan. 6 riot at trial: Special counsel

Donald Trump shouldn't be allowed to make "irrelevant" claims targeting President Joe Biden or say others are to blame for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot during hisfederal election interference trial, special counsel Jack Smith wrote in a court filing Wednesday.

"Through public statements, filings and argument in hearings before the court, the defense has attempted to inject into this case partisan political attacks and irrelevant and prejudicial issues that have no place in a jury trial,"the filingstates.

"Although the court can recognize these efforts for what they are and disregard them, the jury -- if subjected to them -- may not," it continues. "The court should not permit the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which he propagates irrelevant disinformation, and should reject his attempt to inject politics into this proceeding."

The special counsel argues that Trump has suggested "he intends to impeach the integrity of the investigation by raising wholly false claims such as the government's nonexistent 'coordination with the Biden administration' and other empty allegations recycled from the selective and vindictive prosecution motion that he based on anonymous sources in newspaper articles."

Smith's team also argues in the filing that Trump should be barred from using "terminology such as the 'Injustice Department,' 'Biden Indictment' or similar phrases" in front of the jury.

Trump in August pleaded not guilty to the special counsel's criminal charges of undertaking a "criminal scheme" to overturn the results of the 2020 election by enlisting a slate of so-called "fake electors," using the Justice Department to conduct "sham election crime investigations," trying to enlist the vice president to "alter the election results," and promoting false claims of a stolen election as the Jan. 6 riot raged -- all in an effort to subvert democracy and remain in power.

The former president has denied all wrongdoing and denounced the charges as "a persecution of a political opponent."

In the filing Wednesday, Smith accuses Trump of engaging in a fact-free public disinformation campaign to discredit the indictment that he says must be excluded from tainting his criminal trial, which could be delayed from its anticipated March 4 start date. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case, has stayed proceedings in the case while the appeals process plays out.

The special counsel also argues that Trump should be prohibited from arguing he was personally tricked by foreign disinformation about the election or that foreign disinformation campaigns led to the Jan. 6 riot.

"To begin with, the defendant has not pointed to a single piece of evidence indicating that foreign influence -- rather than his own lies --motivated rioters on January 6," Smith's team says. "And in any event, whether others -- be they civilians or foreign actors -- said untrue things on the internet does not exonerate the defendant for the lies he told to his followers or the criminal steps he took to illegally retain power."

Another area the special counsel says Trump should be prevented from raising is blaming law enforcement or D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for failing to protect the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

"A bank robber cannot defend himself by blaming the bank's security guard for failing to stop him," the filing reads. "A fraud defendant cannot claim to the jury that his victims should have known better than to fall for his scheme. And the defendant cannot argue that law enforcement should have prevented the violence he caused and obstruction he intended."

Trump responded to the filing in a statement Wednesday, claiming the prosecution is ignoring Judge Chutkan's instructions to stay the election subversion case.

"[I]t is so sad that the Supreme Court just unanimously rejected his desperate attempt to rush this Witch Hunt, that he is ignoring the law and clear instructions from District Court Judge Chutkan, who unequivocally stated that this 'case' is stayed and there should be no litigation," Trump wrote in a statement.

In his statement, Trump also attacked the special counsel, accusing him of being "obsessed with attacking President Trump and interfering with the 2024 Presidential Election" and calling him Biden's "errand boy."

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court denied Smith's request to immediately take up Trump's claims of immunity from prosecution in his federal election interference case. In a single-line order, the justices declined to grant a writ of certiorari before judgment -- meaning they will allow a federal appeals court to hear the matter first, which is what Trump's legal team had urged the court to do.

The decision effectively keeps the Supreme Court out of the case for now and could mean the case's March 4 trial date could be delayed.