Former President Donald Trump's lawyer slammed a request for a protective order against him by the Department of Justice.
In a heated appearance on CNN, John Lauro slammed the requested protective order put forward by Special Counsel Jack Smith, which would prevent Trump's team from sharing evidence that isn't sensitive to the public. He characterized it as an attack on the freedom of the press.
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"The point is that we will not agree to keeping information that's not sensitive from the press ... and the American people in a campaign season have a right to know what the evidence is, in this case, provided that this evidence is not protected otherwise," Lauro said. "So we're gonna oppose it as we have, but for whatever reason, these lawyers on the prosecution team want to keep that from the press."
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The protective order was requested by the DOJ after Trump posted a message on his Truth Social account that prosecutors say raises concerns the former president may share details about his latest criminal proceedings. Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled Trump's legal team must respond to the special counsel's motion by Monday at 5 p.m. and rejected the team's request for an extension to file a response to the protective order.
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When Bash asked whether or not the evidence would come out in trial anyways, Lauro responded that "Some of it will, not all of it."
"I'm shocked that the press isn't lined up objecting to this protective order, because not only is President Trump being attacked for his First Amendment rights, now these prosecutors are trying to leverage on the freedom of the press," he added.