Trump lawyers urge judge to narrow proposed rules on evidence sharing in election sub

[BidenPresident]

Donald Trump’s legal team told a judge overseeing the election conspiracy case against him on Monday that prosecutors’ proposed protective order aimed at preventing the public disclosure of evidence is too broad and would restrict his First Amendment rights.

Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s team quickly countered with their own filing accusing Trump of objecting to their proposal because he wants to be able to use the government’s evidence to “try the case in the media rather than in the courtroom.”

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said later Monday that she would hold a hearing on the dueling proposals, and that Trump would not have to attend.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ja...rder-chutkan-7188eddf6cac0a34379aae71eb16a226

 

[Tinkerpeach]

Well this will be an interesting ruling.

I would say that Trump has the upper hand here since the case does involve him and once the trial starts the evidence will be public anyway.

This argument about the case being tried in public seems kind of silly, what Smith is saying is that Trump will taint a jury which is a bit weird since the whole trial is a negative against Trump anyway.

Usually a defendant would want to keep it out of headlines.

Not sure which way this will go.