The Justice Department asked a federal judge overseeing the criminal case against Trump in Washington to step in after he released a post online that appeared to promise revenge on anyone who goes after him
Prosecutors said they are ready to hand over a"substantial" amount of evidence — “much of which includes sensitive and confidential information” — to Trump's legal team.
They told the judge that if Trump were to begin posting about grand jury transcripts or other evidence provided by the Justice Department, it could have a “harmful chilling effect on witnesses or adversely affect the fair administration of justice in this case.” Prosecutors' proposed protective order seeks to prevent Trump and his lawyers from disclosing materials provided by the government to anyone other than people on his legal team, possible witnesses, the witnesses' lawyers or others approved by the court. It would put stricter limits on “sensitive materials,” which would include grand jury witness testimony and materials obtained through sealed search warrants.
A Trump spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the former president's post “is the definition of political speech,” and was made in response to “dishonest special interest groups and Super PACs.” The indictment unsealed this week accuses Trump of brazenly conspiring with allies to spread falsehoods and concoct schemes intended to overturn his election loss to President Joe Biden as his The indictment chronicles how Trump and his Republican allies, in what Smith described as an attack on a “bedrock function of the U.S.
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