Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley discussed a “serious problem of restraint” related to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s latest gag order request against former President Donald Trump—but he was referring to Smith, not the ex-president.

During an appearance on Fox & Friends on Tuesday, Turley spoke to co-host Lawrence Jones to promote his new book but also provided his own analysis into Smith’s request for a new gag order against Trump after he revealed several violent threats made by Trump’s supporters towards FBI agents and others:

Jones: So, the court has made it very clear where they stand on this and continues to push it. Now we’re on day three of the special counsel going to Judge [Aileen Cannon], asking for another gag order. Now, the judge has been pretty clear about gag orders and where she stands on it. What are they doing here?

Turley: You know, this is the problem I personally believe that Jack Smith has grappled with his whole career, and that is he has a serious problem of restraint. And he he follows Oscar Wilde’s rule that that nothing succeeds like excess. And he goes to the limit. He was reversed by the Supreme Court unanimously in one case. And this is another example. He’s asking to gag the leading presidential candidate in an election year from criticizing his own department. Now, that is so far afield from what the purpose of a gag order is, it’s so outside the navigational beacons. It’s really disturbing. And I don’t blame Smith. I blame Attorney General [Merrick Garland].

Jones: Yeah. He picked him!

Turley: And also, this is when you pick up the phone and say, “Listen, Jack, that we don’t do that, okay? We don’t gag people. Keep them from criticizing us. That’s not the point here.”

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