[Source.](https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2023/08/11/column-jack-smith-thinks-he-can-leak-evidence-trump-cant) > Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump is so transparently and arrogantly political that he filed another motion surrounding the protective order, objecting to Trump lawyer John Lauro appearing on five Sunday news programs. Lauro argued Smith was seeking to suppress Trump’s freedom of speech after Trump made vague threats of revenge on his “Truth Social” site. > Smith’s motion complained “the defendant seeks to use the discovery material to litigate this case in the media. But that is contrary to the purpose of criminal discovery, which is to afford defendants the ability to prepare for and mount a defense in court—not to wage a media campaign.”