在特别顾问办公室和唐纳德·特朗普总统的法律团队就1月6日案件中的拟议保护令提出决斗动议的一天后，该案的法官已安排在周五上午就此事举行听证会。
法官Tanya Chutkan周二下午提交的命令不要求特朗普出席听证会。
周一晚上，法官命令双方在律师花了一天时间后提交他们可用的日期和时间提交竞争动议对于拟议中的保护令，特别顾问杰克·史密斯要求法官对特朗普施加保护，以防止他披露在史密斯调查推翻2020年大选的努力期间获得的证据。
特朗普已经不服罪被指控通过招募一批针对几个州的所谓“假选举人”来进行“犯罪阴谋”以推翻选举结果;利用司法部进行“虚假选举犯罪调查”;并试图争取副总统“改变选举结果”——所有这些都是为了颠覆民主和继续掌权。
这位前总统否认了所有不当行为，并认为调查是出于政治动机。
史密斯(姓氏)法官问道周五的保护令，引用了特朗普周五下午在社交媒体上发表的一篇帖子，他在帖子中说，“如果你跟着我，我就跟着你!”在史密斯周五提交申请后发表的一份声明中，特朗普竞选团队表示，该帖子是针对政治利益集团的。
特朗普的律师在周一提交的文件中指控史密斯的团队要求楚特坎法官“承担审查员的角色，对特朗普总统的政治演讲实施基于内容的监管，禁止他公开讨论或披露政府制作的所有非公开文件，包括据称敏感的材料和非敏感的、可能开脱罪责的文件。”
2023年8月5日，南卡罗来纳州共和党在南卡罗来纳州哥伦比亚举办的第56届年度银象晚宴上，前总统唐纳德·特朗普在作为主旨发言人发言之前，暂停了人群的欢呼。
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在周一晚上提交的快速回应中，史密斯指责特朗普的法律团队提出了一项命令，“旨在让他在媒体上而不是在法庭上审理此案。”
特朗普的律师在周二回应丘特坎关于潜在听证会日期的命令时表示，他们更希望辩论安排在下周一或周二，届时特朗普的两位律师都可以出席，因为律师托德·布兰奇(Todd Blanche)将于周四在佛罗里达州出庭，接受特朗普的传讯替代起诉书由史密斯在调查特朗普处理机密文件时提出。
特朗普的团队表示，如果这两天都不能接受，律师约翰·劳罗将在周四出席听证会。
特别顾问办公室表示，他们可以在周三至周五的任何时间参加听证会。
Judge schedules Friday hearing on proposed protective order in Jan. 6 case
A day after the special counsel's office and President Donald Trump's legal team filed dueling motions regarding a proposed protective order in the Jan. 6 case, the judge in the case has scheduled a hearing on the matter for Friday morning.
The order from Judge Tanya Chutkan, filed Tuesday afternoon, does not require Trump to attend the hearing.
On Monday night, the judge ordered both sides to file their available dates and times after attorneys spent the dayfiling competing motionsover the proposed protective order special counsel Jack Smith asked the judge to impose on Trump to keep him from disclosing evidence obtained during Smith's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump haspleaded not guiltyto charges of undertaking a "criminal scheme" to overturn the results of the election by enlisting a slate of so-called "fake electors" targeting several states; using the Justice Department to conduct "sham election crime investigations"; and trying to enlist the vice president to "alter the election results" -- all in an effort to subvert democracy and remain in power.
The former president has denied all wrongdoing and has dismissed the probe as politically motivated.
Smithasked the judgefor the protective order on Friday, referencing a social media post Trump made Friday afternoon in which he said, "IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU!" In a statement issued after Smith's filing on Friday, the Trump campaign said the post was aimed at political interest groups.
In their filing on Monday, Trump's attorneys accused Smith's team of asking Judge Chutkan to "assume the role of censor and impose content-based regulations on President Trump's political speech that would forbid him from publicly discussing or disclosing all non-public documents produced by the government, including both purportedly sensitive materials, and non-sensitive, potentially exculpatory documents."
In a quick response filed Monday night, Smith accused Trump's legal team of proposing an order "designed to allow him to try this case in the media rather than in the courtroom."
Responding on Tuesday to Chutkan's order regarding potential hearing dates, Trump's attorneys said in their filing that they would prefer arguments to be scheduled for Monday or Tuesday of next week when both of Trump's attorneys can be present, as attorney Todd Blanche is set to appear in Florida on Thursday for Trump's arraignment on the newsuperseding indictmentbrought by Smith in his probe of Trump's handling of classified documents.
Trump's team said that if neither of those days were acceptable, attorney John Lauro would be available for a hearing on Thursday.
The special counsel's office said they were available for the hearing at any time Wednesday through Friday.
