Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office asked a federal judge Wednesday to prevent former President Donald Trump from introducing evidence at his Jan. 6 criminal trial concerning selective prosecution and security failures that occurred at the Capitol or making arguments his actions were protected by the First Amendment, suggesting such a defense amounted to politics.
Trump has tried “to inject into this case partisan political attacks and irrelevant and prejudicial issues that have no place in a jury trial,” Senior Assistant Special Counsel Molly Gaston wrote in the court filing.