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Trump’s Truth Social account reportedly posted, then deleted, a message that refers to an upcoming witness today.

Remember, he is banned from making statements about witnesses or potential witnesses by the gag order Justice Juan Merchan imposed.

“I have just recently been told who the witness is today,” the post began. “This is unprecedented, no time for lawyers to prepare.”

The Truth Social post is no longer live – presumably because it could run afoul of the gag order, and the judge warned Trump yesterday that further violations could leave him no choice but to put Trump in jail for a short period.

While Trump has attacked the judge and the gag order, he has in recent days declined to comment on witnesses or the jury when the press asked him about it.

Prosecutors have also said they are not counting Trump’s team who they plan to call to the witness stand because they are worried Trump will attack that person online.

They have kept the information closely guarded up until the night before, when Trump’s lawyers are alerted.

If Trump’s now-deleted claim was true, it would be far from “unprecedented” – it’s the standard operating procedure for this trial. In fact, prosecutors are not actually obliged to give Trump’s attorneys a heads up about a witness at all.