{"id":2140652,"date":"2024-01-04T17:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-files-powerhouse-motion-to-hold-jack-smith-in-contempt-of-court\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T17:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:11:28","slug":"trump-files-powerhouse-motion-to-hold-jack-smith-in-contempt-of-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-files-powerhouse-motion-to-hold-jack-smith-in-contempt-of-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump seeks to hold Jack Smith in contempt of court with a &#8216;PowerHouse&#8217; motion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-files-powerhouse-motion-to-hold-jack-smith-in-contempt-of-court%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2140652&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">L| (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images) R| (Photo by Brandon Bell\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s Abril Elfi<\/h2>\n<h3>1:58 PM \u2013 Thursday, January 4, 2024<\/h3>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump\u2019s lawyers have filed a <strong>\u201cpowerhouse\u201d motion<\/strong>, which calls for a judge to hold Special Counsel Jack\u200d Smith in contempt regarding the 2020 \u200celection interference case.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the\u2062 45<sup>th<\/sup> \u2063president\u2019s \u2062attorneys filed the motion calling for \u2063a federal judge to hold\u200c Smith in contempt of court for purportedly <strong>\u201crepeatedly violating\u201d<\/strong> a \u2064stay order in his election investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s legal battle against the\u200b 2024 GOP front-runner is on \u200bhold \u2063while Trump\u2019s legal team files an appeal arguing \u200dthat he is immune from prosecution. <\/p>\n<p>The trial had reportedly been set for March 4<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump Attorney John Lauro wrote in the filing that <strong>\u201cthe Stay Order is clear, straightforward and unambiguous.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAll\u200b substantive proceedings in \u2064this\u2062 Court are halted. Despite this clarity, the prosecutors began \u200bviolating the Stay almost immediately,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200dcourt halted proceedings within\u200d five days, according to Lauro, and Smith\u2019s team <strong>\u201cserved thousands of pages of additional discovery, together with a purported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-accuses-jack-smith-of-violating-court-order-wants-prosecutor-held-in-contempt\/\" title=\"Trump claims Jack Smith violated court order, demands prosecutor be held in contempt\">draft exhibit list<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThrough counsel, President Trump advised that he rejected the prosecutors\u2019 unlawful productions, that their actions \u200cviolated the Stay Order, and that he would seek relief if their malicious conduct continued,\u201d he said. \u00a0\u201cSmith filed an expansive motion in limine less than 10 days later, which teems with \u200cpartisan rhetoric, \u2063including false claims that President \u2063Trump \u2018propagates irrelevant disinformation\u2019 both \u200d\u2018within the courtroom\u2019 and \u2018outside \u200cof it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, according to Lauro, the motion \u2064 <strong>\u201cmirrors the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-biden-indicates-he-wants-to-ban-the-sale-of-handguns\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Indicates He Wants To Ban The Sale Of Handguns\">dishonest talking points<\/a> of the Biden administration,\u201d<\/strong> \u200d which falsely claim that \u200dPresident Trump was to blame for the events \u2063of January 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021 when, in reality, he had called for peaceful and patriotic assembly\u200d and protest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIn this \u200cmanner, the prosecutors seek to \u2062weaponize \u2062the Stay to spread political propaganda, knowing that President Trump\u200d would not fully \u2062respond because the Court relieved him of the burdens of litigation during the Stay,\u201d Lauro wrote. \u201cWorse, the prosecutors have announced their intention to \u2063continue this partisan-driven misconduct indefinitely, effectively converting this Court\u2019s docket into an arm of the Biden campaign.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6<sup>th<\/sup>, Kash Patel, the chief of staff to acting Defense \u2062Secretary Christopher Miller, also said that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser had postponed calling for the National Guard in the days preceding the\u200b incident, not Trump. \u2064 <strong>\u201cMayor Bowser wrote\u2062 a letter herself on \u200capproximately Jan. 4. \u2026 declining further requests for National Guard services outside of the 346 National Guardsmen already authorized,\u201d<\/strong> Patel said.<\/p>\n<p>Smith and the federal prosecutors, according to Lauro, have to be placed \u200din contempt of court, made to <strong>\u201cimmediately\u201d<\/strong> rescind their motion in limine and <strong>\u201cimproper\u201d<\/strong> productions, and prohibited\u2063 from making any more filings while the \u200dstay is in effect. <\/p>\n<p>Lauro additionally suggested that they evaluate <strong>\u201cmonetary sanctions in the amount of President \u200cTrump\u2019s reasonable attorneys\u2019 fees and expenses\u2063 incurred in\u200b responding to the prosecutors\u2019 improper productions and filings.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In August, Trump entered a \u2064not guilty plea in \u2062federal court to all four \u200bfederal charges resulting\u200c from Smith\u2019s investigation into January 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021, and alleged election interference in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Trump faces allegations of conspiring to defraud the United States, attempting\u200c to obstruct an official proceeding, and\u2064 blocking an official proceeding.<\/p>\n<p>Smith submitted a \u2064case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District \u200dof\u2063 Columbia refuting\u2064 Trump\u2019s \u2062assertion of presidential immunity.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to expedite their review of \u2062the immunity claim before it was fully considered by a federal appeals court, Smith filed the appeal, however, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected \u2062it last month. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your\u200c inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Democrat \u2064leaders \u2064are struggling \u2062to\u200d handle the growing influx of illegal aliens coming into our country from the Southern Border. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Doe 107 becomes the most elusive name on the Epstein Client List, Trump appeals Colorado\u2019s primary ban to the Supreme Court \u200dand the GOP threatens to \u2064impeach Alejandro Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Harvard\u2019s now ex-president, Claudine Gay, says plagiarism allegations leading\u200b to calls for her resignation are personal attacks fueled by <strong>\u201cracial \u2062animus.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p> <strong>\u201cAdvocate\u2064 For\u200b Faith And Freedom\u201d<\/strong> \u200cattorney Robert Tyler says the Hunter Biden\u2019s contempt charges could\u200c damage his legal suit against former Trump\u2064 White House aid Garrett Ziegler.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ChatGPT was well on its way to becoming a household name even\u200d before 2023 kicked off.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple \u200cfell nearly 3% to a seven-week low after Barclays downgraded the\u200d shares on concerns demand for its devices will remain weak in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Bitcoin galloped past $45,000 for the\u2062 first\u2062 time since April 2022, buoyed by optimism around the possible\u2063 approval\u200b of\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-st-kicks-off-2024-on-a-dull-note-as-yields-rise-apple-dips\/\" title=\"Wall Street starts 2024 on a lackluster note with rising yields and Apple's decline\">exchange-traded spot bitcoin funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22, 2023 \u2013 6:05 AM PST HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese regulators\u2063 announced on Friday a \u200dwide range of rules \u200daimed\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2063rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What specific \u2063allegations were made \u2064against Special Counsel Jack Smith in the motion\u200d filed by former President Donald\u2062 Trump&#8217;s lawyers?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064 In \u2064a recent development, former\u200d President Donald Trump&#8217;s lawyers have taken the drastic step of filing a motion calling for a judge to hold Special \u2063Counsel Jack Smith in contempt regarding the 2020 election interference case. This move has been described as a &#8220;powerhouse&#8221;\u2063 motion, indicating the seriousness with which Trump&#8217;s legal team regards the \u200bsituation.<\/p>\n<p>The motion alleges that Smith repeatedly violated a\u2064 stay order in his\u2063 election investigation, thereby necessitating contempt proceedings. It is worth noting that Trump&#8217;s legal battle against the 2024 GOP front-runner is currently on hold while his legal team\u200d files an appeal arguing for presidential immunity from \u200bprosecution. The\u200d trial, which had been scheduled for March 4th, has been temporarily halted.<\/p>\n<p>Trump Attorney John Lauro argued in the filing that the stay order was clear, \u2063straightforward, and unambiguous. He further accused Smith&#8217;s team of\u2063 violating this \u200dorder by serving thousands\u200c of pages of additional discovery and submitting a draft exhibit list. Lauro also criticized Smith for \u200dfiling a motion in limine,\u2062 which he claimed was teeming\u2063 with partisan rhetoric and false claims \u2064regarding Trump and his alleged propagation of disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Lauro went on \u200dto highlight\u200c the alleged\u2064 attempts by Smith and\u2063 the federal prosecutors to spread political propaganda and make the court&#8217;s docket an arm of\u2064 the Biden campaign. He accused them of weaponizing the stay order\u200d and continuing their partisan-driven misconduct \u200cindefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the\u200d motion \u200bcontested the notion \u2062that Trump was to blame for the events\u200d of January 6th, 2021, when the U.S. Capitol\u200c was breached. Lauro pointed \u200dout that Kash Patel, the chief of staff to \u2062acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller,\u200c had stated that it was D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser who postponed calling for the\u200c National Guard, not Trump.<\/p>\n<p>As a\u200b result of\u2063 these alleged violations and misconduct, Lauro demanded\u200b that Smith and the\u200b federal prosecutors\u200d be held in contempt of court, rescind their motion \u2064in \u200blimine and improper productions, and\u2064 refrain from making\u2064 any further \u2064filings while the stay order\u2063 is in\u200b effect. He\u2063 also \u2064suggested that monetary sanctions be \u200dimposed, covering Trump&#8217;s reasonable attorneys&#8217; fees and expenses incurred in responding to the prosecutors&#8217; improper productions and filings.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that\u2062 in August,\u2062 Trump pleaded\u200b not guilty to federal charges resulting from \u200bSmith&#8217;s investigation into\u2063 the January 6th, 2021 Capitol breach and alleged election interference in \u200d2020. The charges against Trump include conspiring to\u200c defraud the United States, \u200battempting to obstruct\u2064 an official proceeding, and \u2062blocking an official proceeding.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, on the other hand,\u200d submitted a case to the U.S. Court of\u200b Appeals for the District of Columbia, refuting Trump&#8217;s assertion of presidential immunity. In an attempt\u200b to \u200bexpedite the review of the immunity claim\u200c before a federal appeals court, Smith filed an appeal, but it \u2062was\u200b rejected\u200d by\u2062 the U.S. Supreme Court last month.<\/p>\n<p>This ongoing\u200d legal battle \u2063between Trump and Smith raises important questions about the limits \u2064of presidential immunity, \u200cthe role of federal prosecutors, \u200cand the potential implications for future\u2062 investigations involving former presidents. As the case unfolds, it will \u2062be crucial to closely monitor the developments and consider the potential\u2064 ramifications for the\u2062 U.S. legal system as a whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s lawyers have filed a motion demanding a judge to hold Special Counsel Jack Smith in contempt over the 2020 election interference case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2196,"featured_media":2140653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2140652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2140652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2140653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2140652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2140652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2140652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}