Former President Donald Trumps legal team has proposed narrower rules than those sought by prosecutors over what he can do with evidence he is provided in the criminal election interference case . In a new court filing on Monday Trumps lawyers leaned heavily into claims that special counsel prosecutors are on a politically motivated campaign to restrict his First Amendment rights . Prosecutors have proposed a more restrictive protective order over evidence in the case pointing to Trumps public statements that they say could have a harmful chilling effect on witnesses or adversely affect the fair administration of justice in this case . The Justice Department previously hasnt asked for any special protections over records Trumps team already has that may relate to the case or information thats already publicly available . Trumps also wants to expand who can access certain evidentiary materials so to include people not being employed to work on Trumps case such as volunteers . The lawyers also recommended changes to procedures for establishing how nonpublic evidence will be dealt with during pretrial proceedings as well as in trial . Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected his weekend bid to push back the deadline for his response to the prosecutors proposal to the proposal to resolve the dispute over the dispute . The former president wants to clarify the details of the case . Trump is asking for an order that can usually be issued in a case without much drama. The former President wants to explain why he wants to limit his request to clarify his position. The judge rejected his bid to move back the date for his . response to his response for his bid for his response to the request to the . response . to the prosecuting to the preferred to a pre-trial of the separate between the protagonial of his preventative actions
Trump argues against more restrictive rules over evidence in 2020 election interference case .
