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Trump judge sets limits on what evidence he can publicly share in D.C. election case

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The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case hammered out the details of a protective order at the center of an early dispute between the former president’s attorneys and special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutors.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in a Friday morning hearing in Washington, D.C., sided with Trump’s lawyers, who challenged the government’s request for a broader ban on the disclosure of evidence and other materials it had gathered in the case.

But she gave the Department of Justice the opportunity to deem which materials are “sensitive” enough to be covered by the protective order.

The judge brushed aside a defense attorney’s concerns that the protective order could hamper Trump’s political speech as he seeks the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

“The existence of a political campaign is not going to have any bearing on my decision,” Chutkan said, NBC News reported.

Before the hearing wrapped, Chutkan told Trump and his team to avoid making any public statements that could impact the integrity of the case. She warned that the more a party makes public statements the could influence potential jurors, the faster the case will head to trial.

“Even arguably ambiguous statements by the parties or their counsel, if they could be reasonably interpreted to intimidate witnesses or to prejudice potential jurors, can threaten the process,” she said.

The Justice Department had previously flagged Trump’s highly active and bombastic social media presence as it argued for the broader order. Trump has asserted that the trial should be postponed until after the 2024 election, if at all.

Trump faces four counts related to his efforts to overturn his loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election. He pleaded not guilty last week in federal court in Washington, D.C.

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Prosecutor Thomas Windom argued in Friday’s hearing that barring Trump from disclosing any and all discovery in the case was necessary for witness safety and ensuring a fair trial. He warned that Trump’s request for a narrower protective order is merely part of an effort to “try this case in the media” rather than in the courtroom.

Trump’s lawyers have accused the DOJ of seeking to censor a leading presidential candidate’s political speech. They have asked the court for an order that only forbids public disclosure of “genuinely sensitive materials.”

Defense attorney John Lauro called the breadth of the DOJ’s order “extraordinary.” The charges against Trump, a former president and current candidate, by the administration of Biden, his possible opponent in the 2024 general election, puts the case in “uncharted waters,” Lauro said.

Chutkan noted that she has to weigh Trump’s First Amendment rights with the needs of the trial.

“If that means that he can’t say exactly what he wants to say about people who may be witnesses in this case, that’s how it’s going to have to be,” Chutkan told Lauro.

The proceeding in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., gave prosecutors and defense attorneys their first opportunity to argue before Chutkan, whom Trump has already attacked on social media.

Chutkan is an Obama appointee who has become known for her tough posture in other cases involving crimes related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Trump, in a series of recent posts on Truth Social, has accused Chutkan of conflicts of interest and said there is “no way” he can get a fair trial with her as the judge.

He has suggested his case should be handed off to a different judge and moved out of Democrat-leaning D.C. to a different venue, such as West Virginia.

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