Further to PPU 99.1 about the word Julie Green brought on Jack Smith, Cristina Laila’s report begins (emphases mine):

‘Special Counsel Jack Smith wants to prevent President Trump from blaming provocateurs and undercover agents for the January 6 Capitol riot.

“Through public statements, filings and argument in hearings before the court, the defense has attempted to inject into this case partisan political attacks and irrelevant and prejudicial issues that have no place in a jury trial,” Jack Smith’s 20-page filing said.

“Although the court can recognize these efforts for what they are and disregard them, the jury — if subjected to them — may not. The court should not permit the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which he propagates irrelevant disinformation, and should reject his attempt to inject politics into this proceeding,” Smith wrote according to the court filing reviewed by The Gateway Pundit. Trump’s trial date for Jack Smith’s January 6 case is currently scheduled for March 4, 2024 (election interference). However, pretrial proceedings are currently on hold because of Trump’s immunity argument in the appellate court. Oral arguments for Trump’s immunity claims will begin in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals on January 9.

Jack Smith ignored Judge Chutkan’s order to stay the case until the DC Circuit Court of Appeals issues a ruling on Trump’s immunity argument and filed the motion on Wednesday anyway…’

Continue reading at https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/jack-smith-wants-prevent-jury-learning-about-undercover/

NB: Prof Steven G Calabresi writes in WSJ on 23 September last about changing his mind over Donald Trump’s eligibility as a candidate in next year’s presidential election: