Go that far. It prevents trump from publicly sharing materials that quote, the government designates as sensitive. That includes things like personal information of possible witnesses, recordings, and testimony. The defense argued a protective order would infringe on trumps First Amendment rights. But chechen noted quote, the need for the criminal case to proceed in no order, and to protect the integrity of the process means theyre gonna have to be limits on the defendant speech. And later in the hearing, she emphasized that trump is quote a criminal defendant. He is going to have restrictions like every single other defended. It was the first time both sides met in a courtroom with trusted, this Federal Judge assigned oversee the case. Well meet with her again in a few weeks, on august 28th to disrupt the, discuss the trial date. The Special Counsel Team that is proposed starting that trial on january 2nd 2024. That is a sign of how fast the government wants this case to move forward.
knew that there are unpopular draconian abortion bans were likely to drive voters to the polls in november. how do they know this? while recent polling shows that nearly 58% of voters in ohio support the abortion rights amendment. so what do they do? well looking to avoid a near certain defeat in november, they tried to change the rules in august. they rushed to assemble a summer special election that would actually make it harder to change the constitution. this republican-led ballot initiative, known as issue one, would have meant that the abortion rights measure of the november ballot, as well as any future ballot measures to change the constitution in ohio with need 60% of support, instead of just a simple majority. critics called a strategy cynical. they call it undemocratic. and some called it for what it was, a political scam. and on tuesday, voters responded.