Your friday night. You too, buddy. All right. Today, the federal judge overseeing Special Counsel jack smiths case into Donald Trumps attempt to overturn the 2020 election and shoot a Protective Order. Judge Tanya Chutkan establish limits on what evidence in the case trump cant discuss publicly. Judge chutkan ordered that donald trump cannot disclose sensitive materials, including recordings, transcripts, interview reports, and related exhibits of witness interviews and materials obtained from other governmental entities. Donald trumps legal team can show him the sensitive materials in the case, but trump cannot take notes on any information that would identify witnesses and, according to the Protective Order, quote, during any time that the defendant reviews sensitive materials outside of Defense Councils presents, the defendant must not have access to any device capable of photocopying, recording, or otherwise replicating the sensitive materials, including a smart cellular device. Th
Your friday night. you too, buddy. all right. today, the federal judge overseeing special counsel jack smith s case into donald trump s attempt to overturn the 2020 election and shoot a protective order. judge tanya chutkan establish limits on what evidence in the case trump can t discuss publicly. judge chutkan ordered that donald trump cannot disclose sensitive materials, including recordings, transcripts, interview reports, and related exhibits of witness interviews and materials obtained from other governmental entities. donald trump s legal team can show him the sensitive materials in the case, but trump cannot take notes on any information that would identify witnesses and, according to the protective order, quote, during any time that the defendant reviews sensitive materials outside of defense councils presents, the defendant must not have access to any device capable of photocopying, recording, or otherwise replicating the sensitive
You know, i live in washington, everyone is a consultants. trump attorney john laura argued the protective order would put a, quote, shill over trump s ability to defend himself in the 2024 presidential campaign. judge chutkan side, quote, he is a criminal defendant. he is going to have restrictions like every single other defendant. and the fact that the defendant is engaged in a political campaign is not going to allow him any greater or letter lesser latitude than any defendant in a criminal case. that means that he can t say exactly what he wants to say about people who may be witnesses in this case. that is how it s going to have to be. meanwhile, after more than two years of demanding the justice department appoint a special counsel to investigate hunter biden, republicans and congress got their wish. today, attorney general merrick garland announced the appointment of u.s. attorney david weiss as special counsel in the investigation.
While fani willis s case against don trump overlaps with special counsel jack smith s january six investigation into donald trump, there could be one key difference. fani willis could bring state racketeering charges against don trump and some of his allies. georgia s version of the racketeer, influence, and corrupt organizations act or, better known as rico, was modeled after the 1970 law aimed at taking down the mafia. the atlanta journal-constitution reports, quote, rico is often used to try to prove that illegal business was being used for illegal means and, in the beginning, the law was used to prosecute those involved in drug trafficking or organized crime. but, in recent years, prosecutors have also applied to government officials accused of using their offices for personal gain, such as those named in the indictment against various former and current atlanta public school officials.
It kurt in another county, as long as one overt act for rico occurred in folding county it would stick. georgia s rego statute quote requires a pattern of misconduct as shown by violations of two or more cries specified in the statute these predicate crimes can include commuting or submitting the computer trespassers you just mentioned and influencing witnesses. so, given all of that, amy lee, what challenges could d.a. willis face in pursuing georgia rico charges against donald trump and his allies? sure. it is a broad statute, it is supposed to be very liberally constrained, but there could be defenses that people simply weren t acting in concert. that they had gone rogue where they were interrelated, and that everybody was sort of doing their own thing. that seems difficult given the activity that we know about