Special counsel asks judge to keep Trump from disclosing evidence in classified documents case
Special counsel Jack Smith has asked the judge overseeing former President Trump's classified documents case to impose a protective order over the evidence in the case. Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday asked the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case to impose a protective order over the evidence in the case. The protective order is meant to ensure that neither Trump nor codefendant Walt Nauta, his presidential valet, disclose sensitive information obtained during the discovery process, where prosecutors will show the defense what evidence it has amassed during their investigation. MORE: Trump rejected his lawyer's effort to propose settlement in classified documents case: Sources Trump was charged on Tuesday with 37 criminal counts related to his handling of classified materials, after prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information ranging from U.S. nuclear secrets to the n...