Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team late Friday flagged an hours-old Truth Social post from Donald Trump to the federal judge presiding over his new criminal case in Washington, D.C., citing it as another in a string of threats aimed at the legal system.

Smith’s cited the former president’s post in a motion seeking to put a protective order on all discovery materials the special counsel’s team is preparing to give to Trump as part of the opening phase of its latest criminal case against him.

Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to Smith’s new grand jury indictment charing the ex-president with four felonies in his bid to hold onto the White House despite losing the 2020 presidential election.

The former president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate has been highly critical of Smith and DOJ long before the latest development. But he took it up a notch with Friday afternoon’s Truth Social post that said, in all caps: “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!”

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