{"id":2282934,"date":"2024-06-24T21:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T01:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-cannon-scolds-trump-prosecutor-i-dont-appreciate-your-tone-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T21:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T01:46:56","slug":"judge-cannon-scolds-trump-prosecutor-i-dont-appreciate-your-tone-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-cannon-scolds-trump-prosecutor-i-dont-appreciate-your-tone-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Cannon scolds Trump prosecutor: \u2018I don\u2019t appreciate your tone\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fjudge-cannon-scolds-trump-prosecutor-i-dont-appreciate-your-tone-washington-examiner%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=2282934&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>In a court hearing, \u2064Judge Aileen Cannon challenged special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s team, particularly focusing on their request to impose speech restrictions \u2064on former President Donald Trump. During the discussion, Cannon appeared skeptical about the argument\u200c that Trump&#8217;s comments\u200d were dangerous. A tense\u200d interaction occurred when Cannon rebuked prosecutor David Harbach for his tone, emphasizing the need \u200cfor decorum\u200c in court. Harbach later apologized for his \u200cdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s team had previously requested modifications to Trump&#8217;s release conditions in a case concerning classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, \u2063aiming to limit his inflammatory\u2063 statements about \u200claw enforcement. Trump had made severe allegations against President Joe \u2064Biden and the\u2063 Department\u2064 of Justice, claiming an authorization\u200d of lethal force during the 2022 search of his residence. His statements in various\u2064 platforms suggested that the FBI\u2064 was prepared to use \u200bdeadly force against \u2062him, which prosecutors\u2062 argued could incite \u2062risk and \u200chostility toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-story-of-hunter-bidens-payments-to-alleged-russian-prostitutes\/\" title=\"The Story of Hunter Biden's Payments to Alleged Russian Prostitutes\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-radio-reporter-arrested-for-firebombing-police-cars\/\" title=\"Public Radio \u201cReporter\u201d Arrested For Firebombing Police Cars\">law enforcement officials<\/a> involved<\/a> in the investigation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Judge Aileen Cannon pressed special counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jack-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jack Smith\u2019s team<\/a> during a hearing Monday about speech restrictions it was seeking to impose on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>, conveying skepticism that the former president\u2019s words were, as Smith has argued, dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Cannon, a Trump appointee, had a couple of tense exchanges with one of the prosecutors, David Harbach, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-classified-documents-hearing-06-24-24\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>questioning<\/a> Harbach on what threats exactly Trump\u2019s speech had prompted. Harbach became \u201csnippy\u201d during the questioning, according to CNN reports from the courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t appreciate your tone,\u201d Cannon told him, cautioning the prosecutor to use \u201cdecorum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you aren\u2019t able to do that, I\u2019m sure one of your colleagues can take up arguing this motion,\u201d the judge added.<\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of the hearing, Harbach apologized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t mean to be unprofessional,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m sorry about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s team had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/67490069\/592\/united-states-v-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>filed<\/a> a request this month for Cannon to modify Trump\u2019s conditions of release in the classified documents case to restrict the former president from making certain statements about law enforcement officials who executed a search of his Mar-a-Lago residence in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Trump accused President Joe Biden of plotting to kill him after discovering that the warrant contained FBI policy language about the use of \u201clethal force.\u201d The wording on the warrant, according to a statement from the FBI, was standard, and it was normal practice for the bureau to use it on search warrants.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, nevertheless, said in a statement online that \u201cCrooked Joe Biden\u2019s DOJ, in their illegal and UnConstitutional Raid of Mara-Lago, AUTHORIZED THE FBI TO USE DEADLY (LETHAL) FORCE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump also said in fundraising emails that the government \u201cWAS AUTHORIZED TO SHOOT ME,\u201d was \u201cjust itching to do the unthinkable,\u201d and was \u201clocked &#038; loaded ready to take me out &#038; put my family in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors argued those types of statements put law enforcement officials working on the case at risk because Trump could be inspiring extremists to harass or threaten the officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose statements create a grossly misleading impression about the intentions and conduct of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/classified-documents-prosecutors-seek-to-block-trump-from-making-statements-that-could-endanger-law-enforcement\/\" title=\"Prosecutors aim to prevent Trump from disclosing classified information that may jeopardize law enforcement\">federal law enforcement agents \u2014 falsely suggesting<\/a> that they were complicit in a plot to assassinate him \u2014 and expose those agents, some of whom will be witnesses at trial, to the risk of threats, violence, and harassment,\u201d prosecutors wrote in their motion.<\/p>\n<p>Judges must carefully weigh First Amendment concerns with other constitutional concerns when considering gag orders or other restrictions on speech. In two of Trump\u2019s other criminal cases and a civil case, judges imposed gag orders on the former president that prohibited him from speaking about prosecutors, court staff, and witnesses. The judges all said the gag orders were \u201cnarrowly tailored\u201d to preserve fair court proceedings while still allowing Trump to speak freely about most aspects of the cases.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s defense attorneys have vehemently opposed the orders, arguing that they unconstitutionally interfere with the 2024 election because they bar the presumptive Republican presidential nominee from addressing certain concerns about his legal battles to voters.<\/p>\n<p>Cannon appeared leery of prosecutors\u2019 arguments on Monday. She ended the hearing without ruling from the bench, and she offered the prosecutors a chance to provide by Wednesday a firmer correlation between Trump\u2019s comments and serious threats they may have prompted.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere still needs to be a factual connection between A and B,\u201d Cannon said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump attorney Todd Blanche argued that Trump was targeting Biden, his leading election opponent, and not law enforcement officials, though Blanche conceded that \u201cit doesn\u2019t mean that it was right\u201d in reference to Trump\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a Monday hearing, Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, questioned special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s team, led by prosecutor David Harbach, about proposed speech restrictions on Donald Trump. Cannon expressed doubts about the danger of Trump&#8217;s words, as argued by Smith, leading to several tense exchanges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2282935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MixCollage-05-Apr-2024-11-22-AM-2166-1024x594.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32481,6215,3634],"class_list":["post-2282934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-judge-cannon","tag-prosecutor","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MixCollage-05-Apr-2024-11-22-AM-2166-1024x594.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282934","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2282934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2282935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2282934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2282934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2282934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}