Retired New Jersey Superior Court Judge Andrew Napolitano told Newsmax that he is appalled that American courts are apparently “in the business of silencing people.”

During a Friday appearance on “Wake Up America,” Napolitano pointed to an incident related to special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump as an example of governmental overreach.

“Two years ago, the feds got an order from a judge requiring X, formerly known as Twitter, to give the feds contents of all the communications that President Trump made using X while he was president in the White House,” Napolitano said. “The second part of that order said thou shalt not reveal this to anyone. [X owner] Elon Musk said, Well, wait a minute. I have the freedom of speech. I can reveal it to my friend Donald Trump. I can reveal it to the press.

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