Trump's recent incident at a firearms shop in South Carolina was included in Smith's updated gag order request against the former president.
while visiting a gun shop in South Carolina, a potential violation of his conditions of release in his federal indictment.
In the now-deleted video, Trump is shown holding a pistol next to a salesman at the store, saying,"I want to buy one." Cheung, according to Smith's filing, captioned the post on X, formerlyCheung quickly retracted his statement, tellingon Monday that Trump"did not purchase or take possession of the firearm. He simply indicated that he wanted one."
But Smith wrote that such behavior should not be allowed by the court, as the president faces criminal charges, pointing out that despite Cheung's retraction, Trump later reposted the video to his Truth Social account after one of his supporters shared the footage, writing alongside the clip,"MY PRESIDENT Trump just bought a Golden Glock before his rally in South Carolina after being arrested 4 TIMES in a year.
"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," read the filing Friday."It would be a separate federal crime, and thus a violation of the defendant's conditions of release, for him to purchase a gun while this felony indictment is pending."
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