Judge delivers mixed ruling on protective order in Trump's Jan. 6 case

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The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's trial in the Jan. 6 case sided with Trump's lawyers and ruled that a protective order sought by prosecutors will cover only material the Justice Department designates as sensitive, not all the information to be exchanged in the discovery process.

But Judge Tanya Chutkan sided with the Justice Department in designating witness interviews and recordings as "sensitive" and covered by the protective order. She said, "Disclosure of any of those materials creates too great a risk that witnesses may be intimidated" or the jury pool be polluted.

The order is a partial win for both sides. Trump's lawyers had argued that a more restrictive protective order would violate his First Amendment rights as he campaigns for president. Prosecutors worried Trump would make the criminal discovery process and the details he learned there part of his political campaign.