Sept. 15 (UPI) – Lawyers working with Special Counsel Jack Smith have asked the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election interference trial to issue a limited gag order, citing statements they say Trump has made “to undermine confidence in and intimidate individuals – the court, the jury pool, witness and prosecutors.”

The request was revealed in a court filing unsealed Friday.

The appeal cited Trump’s false statements about the 2020 election.

“The defendant is now attempting to do the same thing in this criminal case – to undermine confidence in the criminal case – to undermine confidence in the criminal justice system and prejudice the jury pool through disparaging and inflammatory attacks,” the prosecution wrote in their court filing to Judge Tanya Chutkan.