Terms mr. Pied biden the president of the u. S. Would agree to be interviewed. And a devastating death toll rising on maui as rescue and recovery teams find more bodies and thousands of residents are homeless along with stranded tourists on an island that looks like a war zone. Good day, everyone, a busy day in washington. Im andrea. Where u. S. District judge Tanya Chutkan made quick decisions this morning on the size and the scope of that protective order in the criminal case surrounding Donald Trumps alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. In a ruling from the bench, judge chutkan after prosecutors argued that the order was necessary to prevent pretrial publicity and the defense countered that the pregs counsels parameters were extraordinary decided that the protective order would only apply to sensitive materials and not to all of the evidence turned over to them from the Special Counsel. Judge chutkan also added a clause to the order that would limit the universe of people
Having been a u.s. attorney and still be double added as a special counsel? and then his opinion of this, andrew weissman s is weiss already messed up the hunter plea agreement and now this. so do you see a conflict between him continuing as a u.s. attorney in delaware but having the ability to file an indictment in another venue, as now a special counsel. paul? andrew is right, the cfrs, the regulations that control the appointment of a special counsel call for somebody outside of government. i don t expect that that fact, that specific regulation, has escaped merrick garland s attention. somehow they have made this appointment, taking that issue into account, and went forward. i m not quite certain how it is they did so, but we can be certain that very smart people within the department of justice have addressed that issue, that that point hasn t escaped their attention. we will have to see how it is