Prosecutor providing security The first conviction of a former US president Donald Trump must still follow rules to protect prosecutors and jurors from his “vicious public attacks,” citing a wave of threats against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, his family and DA staff this year.
It was Trump has been convicted He faces 34 felony counts in connection with the hush money scheme, which was unsealed on May 30, and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is set to be sentenced on July 11, just days before the GOP convention.
The document, signed by Matthew Colangelo, the new assistant prosecutor on Bragg’s team, includes testimony from New York Police Department Sergeant Nicholas Pistilli, who said the NYPD’s Threat Assessment and Enforcement Unit has recorded 61 incidents of threats against Bragg or his family and staff this year. , most of which come in the last three months.
He cited examples such as “we’re going to kill you all,” “you’re dead,” “your life is over,” and “RIP,” and he also pointed to a post that “sniped at the individuals or family members involved in this case, including the home address of such an individual and a DA’s Office employee.” a post.”
According to Pistili, on April 15, the first day of the trial, bomb threats were made to the houses of two people involved in the case. The DA also referred nearly 500 emails and phone calls for security review since April.
The DA’s presentation cited a report from NBC News that showed Trump was guilty. it sparked A barrage of fiery rhetoric aimed at prosecutors, judges and jurors acknowledged that there was no reasonable doubt that Trump had committed 34 crimes.
The DA noted that nothing prevents Trump from “broadly criticizing the sentencing, the criminal process, the district attorney, this court, and more — and indeed, the defendant has been subjected to a barrage of such criticism both during the trial and after the guilty verdict.” “.
DA said Trump had movement ending the gag order “once again contains a number of patently false allegations,” including that the DA conspired with others to “limit the defendant’s speech in the upcoming presidential debate,” a charge that has “no basis in fact.” and “false,” prosecutors wrote.
“These knowing lies are the latest examples of the defendant’s patent contempt for the rule of law and the impartial administration of justice,” prosecutors wrote. “As the defendant’s continued behavior makes clear, the need to protect the participants in this criminal trial and the integrity of the criminal justice process from the defendant’s attacks remains critical.”
The DA’s office argues that the gag order should remain in place as far as attorneys, DA employees and family members are concerned, and that the gag order should remain in place as far as jurors are concerned. But they say Trump should be able to talk about court witnesses.
“Now that the jury has reached a verdict, there is no longer a compelling interest in preserving the ability of witnesses to testify without interference,” Bragg’s office said. “Thus, the relevant balance of interests has shifted since this Court issued orders limiting defendant’s out-of-court statements.”