The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election conspiracy case against Donald Trump said the former president’s First Amendment right “is not absolute” as she prepares to rule on barring him from talking about some aspects of the case.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said Friday that Mr. Trump’s status as a candidate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination will not affect her decision.
At the start of the hearing, the judge said that she plans to issue a protective order “as quickly as possible” on prosecutors’ request to bar the former president from publicly disclosing evidence. She also said she is prepared to rule immediately on some of the revisions proposed for such an order by Mr. Trump’s legal team.
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