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Judge delivers mixed ruling on protective order in Trump's Jan. 6 case

A protective order would bar Trump and his attorneys from improperly using any evidence that prosecutors share with the defense team.
Source: Brandon Bell
Updated August 11, 2023 at 3:42 PM ET

The judge overseeing the former President Donald Trump's trial in the Jan. 6 case sided with Trump's lawyers and ruled that a protective order sought by prosecutors will cover only material the Justice Department designates as sensitive, not all the information to be exchanged in the discovery process.

But Judge Tanya Chutkan sided with the

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