Trump shouldn't be able to distract the jury with politics during his election interference trial, prosecutors argue

• Donald Trump has argued that the election interference case against him is a partisan "witch hunt."
• Jack Smith wants the judge to block him from making arguments irrelevant to the facts of the case.
• Prosecutors say he shouldn't be allowed to blame law enforcement for failing to stop the Jan. 6 riot.

If prosecutors have their way, former President Donald Trump may soon lose his favorite line of attack against the Justice Department's election interference case against him.

On Wednesday, Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a motion asking US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who's overseeing the criminal case, to block Trump from injecting politics into the proceedings.