US District Judge Tanya Chutkan said that she plans to put serious limits over how sensitive evidence is handled in the Donald Trump 2020 election interference case, in a dramatic hearing Friday in Washington, DC, that could set the tone for the upcoming trial.
The former president has a right to free speech, but that right is “not absolute,” Chutkan said. “Mr. Trump, like every American, has a First Amendment right to free speech, but that right is not absolute. In a criminal case such as this one, the defendant’s free speech is subject to the rules.”
One thing I haven’t seen mentioned is how Trump wants to be able to spout whatever bullshit he wants to about these cases. And since the prosecution isn’t allowed to talk about it, Trump’s version will be the one that gets press coverage and poisons the jury pool - or at the very least files up another group of stochastic terrorists who want to shoot Biden, Harris, Obama, Pelosi, the prosecutors, judges and juries. Or, y’know, are willing to settle for mass-murdering blacks, Hispanics, Jews, protestors, socialists, teachers, librarians and whoever else has been vilified by reich-wing media.