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Margaret Sullivan

Trump is hoping his ‘free speech’ defense will work. It won’t

Donald Trump Jack Smith Neal Katyal

FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Erie<br>FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29, 2023. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario/File Photo — ‘Protected speech is one thing. Criminal action – conspiring to overthrow an election result – is quite another.’ Photograph: Lindsay Dedario/Reuters

When Jack Smith announced the latest indictment of Donald Trump this week, the special prosecutor’s language was remarkably clear.

Smith used the phrase “fueled by lies” about Trump’s role in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. (Trump officially pleaded not guilty today to charges that he conspired to defraud the United States, to disenfranchise voters and to obstruct the post-election transfer of power.)

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