The judge overseeing the trial over attempts to overturn the 2020 election gave both sides until Friday to suggest dates to argue imposing a protective order.
's office and Trump's legal team to meet on Tuesday. The aim is to agree on two possible dates for a hearing to discuss the order, with the deadline being Friday.
Trump, the frontrunner in the 2024 GOP presidential primary, has said that issuing a proactive order—which is a standard procedure in most criminal cases—would violate his right to free speech during his latest bid for the White House. Federal prosecutors have sought the order due to reported fears that the former president may disclose information that is important to the case in his public comments.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the 56th Annual Silver Elephant Dinner on August 5, 2023, in Columbia, South Carolina. Trump's lawyers have been given a deadline of August 11 to suggest dates to argue with the Department of Justice as to whether Judge Tanya Chutkan should impose a protective order in the January 6 case."witnesses, judges, attorneys" and others associated with the election interference trial.
"Judge Chutkan is like, I see your briefs today and I raise you a minute order making clear I will have a hearing and it will be before this Friday, fools," Rubin
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