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.”

  • dynamojoe@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think the judge has found the appropriate carrot and stick for this one. If there’s anything Trump and his attorneys like to do, it’s delay, delay, delay. The judge basically said he has free speech but but if it’s going to affect jury selection they’ll have the trial sooner.