‘Normal order will prevail’: Special counsel Jack Smith urges judge to slap away Donald Trump’s attempts to try Jan. 6 case in press

Left: Special counsel Jack Smith arrives to speak about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. The indictment of Donald Trump for attempting to overturn his election defeat is a new front in what Joe Biden has described as the battle for American democracy. It

Left: Special counsel Jack Smith arrives to speak about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)/Right: Former President Donald Trump arrives to board his plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in Arlington, Va., after facing a judge on federal conspiracy charges that allege he conspired to subvert the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Special counsel Jack Smith has urged a federal judge to rebuff Donald Trump’s latest attempts to have his Jan. 6 indictment tried “in the media rather than in the courtroom,” and forestall what they worry would become a “carnival-like atmosphere” where the former president jeopardizes evidence, witness safety and the integrity of proceedings overall.

Indicted just a week ago, a quickly forming fight over what is typically a standard process for discovery continued with Smith’s filing on Monday night.

Trump, who faces criminal conspiracy and obstruction counts in Washington, D.C., for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, has argued — among other things — that he should be permitted to share unfiltered evidence in discovery publicly and with anyone from paralegals to unpaid advisers to “volunteer attorneys” and others he’s tapped to assist him in trial preparation.

This all poses an array of significant problems, according to Smith.

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