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
A larger political context, but i believe what the attorney general said was that daniel weiss has said several times that this investigation is ongoing, that of course has been a big issue because it was part of the reason that the judge refused the judge in delaware refused to accept the plea deal, which is still not been consummated by both sides and not accepted by the judge. what does giving him a special counsel s infra ma tore mean? is it to give him for the appearance of independence but independence from the justice department because of all the criticism that as a district attorney he could be removed or would have to report to the attorney general? it gives him both, andrea. it gives the optics, it gives the view from the public that this is an individual who will be acting in an independent fashion.