Hampshire let s bring in our panel, justice correspondent ken dilanian, former federal prosecutor paul butler. ken, starting with you, let s talk about the d.c. case. describe the protective order, what is normal in the circuit? i heard chuck rosenberg saying this morning in all of his cases, he always had a protect order and it s usually agreed to at arraignment by the defense. that s right, paul can speak to this as well, this is standard procedure in a criminal trial because there s a lot of sensitive information that the prosecution must turn over to the defense, including transcripts of witness interviews, phone records, text messages, things taken under subpoena or search warrant. and the judge does not want the defense making it public. and in this case, donald trump and his lawyers are asking for essentially permission to make some of that information public. and jack smith responding in a filing saying, look, they just
Order. all of that in washington, there are new developments in the mar-a-lago classified documents criminal trial. florida district judge aileen cannon, according to a legal filing first obtained by the daily beast, judge cannon now taking action on the d.c. judge s order outlined in a superseding order. throughout all of this, mr. trump remains defiant and aggressive on social media as he headed to new hampshire for a campaign event. nbc s vaughn hillyard is in windham, new hampshire, vaughn, what is mr. trump saying about all of this? reporter: for donald trump, andrea, there s so much legal time to be had before this legal counsel actually have to go into a courtroom and actually defend him in front of a jury. so for donald trump he has the benefit he has the department of justice, the special counsel s office, technically a communications department.
Defense, even though many legal experts say that shouldn t be the case, is not for the court of law? that s right, the conspiracy is not protected by the first amendment but i think this is setting up another fight down the road which is at what point do donald trump s lawyers and judges and witnesses cross the line for a criminal defendant. the d.c. rules do impose restrictions on what lawyers from both sides can say about the evidence. they re really not supposed to go on tv and describe the in evidence detail. but as you said, he s running for president so he s got a right to a first amendment right to speak. and then at what point does the judge say hey there s a line and if she crosses that, of course, there s appeal. the lawyers did say here, roger stone, the previous defendant so close to donald trump had crossed it when he put a target, like a bull s-eye on the judge s face, superimposed on it.
Also hearing testimony on that case before a second grand jury in d.c. and this hour in ohio, voters are voting on a state constitutional amendment that could make it harder to pass ballot issues including the right to an abortion. a big test in a critical election state. and it s too darn hot for millions of americans continuing to feel the impact of blazing summer heat causing severe summer storms, storm damage. flight cancellations across the midwest and again on the east coast. and good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where u.s. district judge tanya chutkan has ordered a hearing no later than this friday on what is usually a standard order in the d.c.
That wraps up the hour for me, i m jose diaz-balart. you can always reach me on social media @jdbalert. andrea mitchell reports right now. now on andrea mitchell reports a face-off in washington for special counsel jack smith and donald trump s lawyers for what is usually a rue 19 the d.c. circuit. the judge to overturn the 2020 elections orders both sides to a hearing this friday at the latest. plus, another bump in the road for the prosecution for the mar-a-lago documents case as the florida trial judge orders a hearing over why jack smith is