Donald Trump's legal team on Monday urged the judge overseeing the election conspiracy case against the former U.S. president to reject prosecutors' proposed protective order concerning evidence in the case, describing it as overly broad.
Lawyers for the early 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner said the judge should impose a more limited protective order that would prevent the defence team from publicly disclosing only materials deemed "sensitive," such as grand jury witness testimony."In a trial about First Amendment rights, the government seeks to restrict First Amendment rights.
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."
Prosecutors included a screenshot in their filing of a post from Trump's Truth Social platform from on Friday in which Trump wrote, in all capital letters, "If you go after me, I'm coming after you!"
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