Its saturday august 12th, youre watching velshi. Im Charles Coleman Junior Filling in for my friend ali velshi. We begin this hour with the latest developments in the fastmoving case of the United States versus donald j trump. There are major developments in the Government Election interference case against the former president. Federal judge Tanya Chutkan granted the Special Counsel Team Request for protective order just yesterday. The protective order seek salute what trump can and cannot disclose about the case, and the trove of evidence that prosecutors are set to turn over to the defense during discovery. Now the government requested a protective order that covered all of the discovery materials. But the judges ruling did not go that far. It does stop trump from publicly sharing quote, material that the government doesnt, designates has sensitive. And quote. This would include things like personal information of possible witnesses, recordings, and transcripts of testimony. The def
They simply asked for a different one. the fact that even his defense team believes that his free speech should be unfettered in this case was, you know, sort of rendered moot by the fact that they filed their own protective order. people who listen to him believed that his, they believe his first amendment rights, his big supporters, they believe the first amendment rights are being infringed. more importantly, i m not even sure they care about the sort of technical nature of it. they re behind him one way or the other. i think what the judge said, the first amendment right is not absolute seems pretty clear. you re not allowed to surefire, shout fire in a crowded theater. i think the supreme court justice once said that. you re not allowed to intimidate witnesses. donald trump has a history of trying to pressure people with his public commentary, and ends up being charge right now at least in the documents case, you know, with regard to the possibility of the obstructed