Former President Donald Trump responded furiously to the special counsel’s request for a gag order prohibiting him from attacking prosecutors, witnesses and the judge in his federal indictment over attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

“I’m campaigning for President against an incompetent person who has WEAPONIZED the DOJ & FBI to go after his Political Opponent, & I am not allowed to COMMENT?” Trump wrote on Truth Social soon after the news of the request broke Friday. “How else would I explain that Jack Smith is DERANGED, or Crooked Joe is INCOMPETENT?”

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan unsealed a court filing on Friday afternoon that revealed special counsel Jack Smith had asked for the order, which he argues the court must grant because Trump’s continued verbal attacks undermine the fairness of the case.