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. This Protective Order was a partial win for jack smiths team, who originally sought to prevent the public release of all evidence given to donald trump. Lets not forget these rules for sensitive materials are being enforced on the twice impeached former president who was comfortable with leaving classified documents in a bathroom at his florida residence. Donald trumps legal team has stuck to a very obvious strategy in this case. We naked about First Amendment rights, delay, and then make it some more and then try the case i
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
In 2020, one fani willis retained john floyd, a lawyer, and expert in racketeering shortly after opening up her investigation into donald trump. reuters reported at the time that john floyd was hired recently to provide help as needed on matters of racketeering, including the trump investigation and other cases. fani willis has also openly said that she is a fan of rico. i am a fan of rico, i ve told people that. the reason why i am a fan of rico is that jurors are very, very intelligent. they want to know the whole story, they want to know what happened, they want to make an accurate decision about someone s life and so rico is a tool that allows a prosecutor s office in law enforcement to tell the whole story. rico charges could allow prosecutors to charge trump s allies with breaching voting machines in georgia. the guardian is reporting that fani willis now has enough evidence to charge trump s
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.
Paul butler, cynthia alksne thank you both very much for coming to the last word tonight. and, coming up, all signs are pointing to a charging decision in georgia from fulton county district attorney fani willis, coming next week with new reporting about who could be charged and for what crimes. we will have more defendant trump news coming up next. ing up next. omatically adjusts to earn you more cash back in your top eligible spend category. hi. you don t have to keep tabs on rotating categories. this is the only rotating i care about. . or activate anything to earn. your cash back automatically adjusts for you. can i get a cucumber water? earn 5% cash back that automatically adjusts to your top eligible spend category, up to $500 spent each billing cycle with the citi custom cash℠ card. i love it. [voice vibrating]