Prosecutors pointed to Trump's remarks on former Attorney General William Barr as they reiterated calls for a limited gag order in the Jan. 6 case.
. Though a Trump spokesman initially claimed on social media that Trump had purchased the weapon, he later deleted the post and clarified that Trump had only indicated that he wanted to buy one.
Despite that retraction, prosecutors wrote, Trump “re-posted a video of the incident” posted by one of his followers with a caption that suggested he had indeed bought the weapon.It was an example, they said, of Trump trying to benefit from incendiary actions but then avoid accountability by having others around him “feign retraction.”
“The defendant either purchased a gun in violation of the law and his conditions of release, or seeks to benefit from his supporters’ mistaken belief that he did so,” prosecutors said. In the second half of the footnote, prosecutors note that Trump reposted a video of someone claiming he DID, in fact, buy the Glock.“It would be a a separate federal crime…”
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