Judge overseeing Trump election interference case says she will not have "carnival atmosphere"

the judge presiding over former president Donald Trump's election interference trial laid down the law in an historic first hearing federal judge Tanya chutkin warned Friday that she would not allow a carnival atmosphere in the courtroom chutkin delivered mixed rulings in a protective order battle as the GOP front-runner campaigns for a second presidential term Christina raffini is in our nation's capital and joins us now Christina good morning good morning Dana will a big part of Trump's legal strategy so far has been to try to delay these proceedings as much as possible but the judge made clear to his legal team yesterday that the more inflammatory things the former president says about the case the faster it will go to trial so far the former president has made more campaign appearances than Court appearances as the indictments pile up I should have four by sometime next week Trump's legal team represented him in the D.C courthouse Friday where U.S District Judge Tanya chutkin adopted the department of Justice's request for protective order limiting what the former president can say about evidence in the trial I have freedom of speech First Amendment but she also tried to strike a middle ground saying Trump has the same First Amendment rights as any other defendant and that the restrictions would only apply to sensitive material Trump was also not present in a courtroom in Florida this week where he and personal valet Walt NADA pleaded not guilty to new charges in the federal documents case and more legal trouble could be coming before the end of the month in Georgia where the Fulton County district attorney is expected to file charges that Trump tried to pressure officials there into changing the state's election results those charges are expected right about the same time as the first Republican debate well let it be known next week Trump still hasn't said if he'll participate but in Iowa this week the topic has come up people ask me sometimes what what I think about maybe debating Donald Trump I tell people I've debated Donald Trump a thousand times just never with the cameras on and Trump also heads to Iowa today where his GOP Rivals have been spending a lot more time campaigning it's an early voting State it's also the Iowa State Fair so Michelle prepare for a lot of images of grown men and women eating corn dogs always interesting to watch

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Published: Sat Aug 12 2023