A federal judge on Saturday denied a request from former President Donald Trumps legal team for a deadline extension over the handling of evidence in the election subversion case . The decision caps a flurry of activity in the case after special counsel Jack Smiths team on Friday asked Chutkan to quickly set limits on what Trumps team can do with the evidence that will be shared with them . Trumps lawyers will have to respond by Monday afternoon to the Justice Departments proposal for a protective order . The former president is allowed to be shown such materials under the rules proposed by the prosecutors however he would be barred from taking down any personal identifying information from the documents . The most recent backandforth previewed what could be months of bitter arguing between Trumps and Smiths lawyers over the scheduling in each of the cases . In the separate federal criminal case against him in Florida prosecutors and Trumps defense lawyers are still split on how and where he can discuss classified information . In Washington DC prosecutors are still trying to keep secret some of the details of the documents they are asking the judge to impose the proposed disclosure disclosure rules before allowing lawyers to weigh in on the proposed rules . The filing said that the order the special counsel is seeking is not overly restrictive . The judge has requested that they would like to draw out the proceedings. In the documents case which is playing out in Florida Trumps Lawyers argued that the trial should wait until after election . In New York State. Trumps lawyer John Lauroro made . Trump lawyers argued that Trumps attorney John Lauros said that he would not be able to propose a date for a trial . In his first appearance in the federal court to argue that it is a ‘trying to influence a juror or to threaten or