The choose overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Georgia has issued a protecting order that sure “delicate” proof within the case be withheld from the general public.
The order, issued Wednesday by Superior Courtroom Choose Scott McAfee, got here after the video recordings of interviews with a few of Trump’s co-defendants had been leaked to the media earlier this week.
It specifies that prosecutors can deem sure proof turned over to the protection as “delicate materials” unfit for public launch, and offers that the protection can problem such a designation inside 14 days.
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District Lawyer Fani Willis had requested a broader model of the order following the leaking of the video interviews, citing potential harassment, witness intimidation, or jury pool tainting.
Protection lawyer Jonathan Miller, who represents former Espresso County election supervisor Misty Hampton, admitted to leaking the video proof, which included excerpts from prosecutor interviews with former Trump attorneys Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell, in addition to pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro and Atlanta bail bondsman Scott Corridor.
All 4 have pleaded responsible to costs within the case and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as they pursue costs towards the remaining 15 defendants.
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Georgia Superior Courtroom Choose Scott McAfee and former President Donald Trump (Getty Photos)
Trump was indicted by Willis in August, and pleaded not responsible to costs associated to allegedly making an attempt to subvert the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, together with violation Georgia’s anti-racketeering legislation.
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The Georgia case is one among 4 pending towards the previous president, as he additionally faces costs in New York Metropolis, Florida and Washington, D.C.
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