The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's Fulton County racketeering case scheduled a hearing for Wednesday afternoon to consider prosecutors' bid for a protective order after previously undisclosed interviews with co-defendants leaked to the media.

District Attorney Fani Willis, who is accusing Trump and 14 allies of illegally conspiring to overturn Georgia's 2020 election, asked Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Tuesday to implement an "emergency" protective order over discovery materials. McAfee scheduled the hearing for 1:30 p.m. ET the next day and said it would be streamed on his YouTube page.

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Protective orders are typically put in place to protect parties in certain cases from harassment or violence. In this case, Willis wants one to bar disclosure of confidential video recordings of the former co-defendants and has asserted a leaker could face legal ramifications for violating the order.

The leaked interviews released Monday featured testimony from four of Trump's co-defendants who took plea deals, offering previously undisclosed details about efforts to unwind Trump's electoral defeat.

“The judge in the case had previously failed to rule on the initial protective order filed in September by the DA’s office," prosecutors wrote in a filing earlier on Tuesday. "In the months since the motion, the district attorney’s office did not follow up to ask for an official ruling."

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“These confidential video recordings were not released by the State to any party other than the defendants charged in the indictment, pursuant to the discovery process as required by law,” the prosecutors' filing added. “The release of these confidential video recordings is clearly intended to intimidate witnesses in this case, subjecting them to harassment and threats prior to trial, constitutes indirect communication about the facts of this case with codefendants and witnesses, and obstructs the administration of justice, in violation of the conditions of release imposed on each defendant.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.