The Department of Justice on Wednesday handed over discovery evidence to Donald Trump’s legal team in the classified documents case, Politico’s Kyley Cheney reports.
The discovery evidence includes the list of witnesses who will testify for the government in the case against the former president.
“DOJ says it has made its first production of trial discovery to Donald Trump and his team — which means (per the below) he now knows who’s going to testify against him, and roughly what they’re going to say,” Cheney tweeted.
According to court records obtained by Cheney, the evidence includes “the grand jury testimony of witnesses who will testify for the government at the trail of this case.”
But Trump can’t share the material publicly.
On Monday a federal judge approved a protective order special counsel Jack Smith sought to prevent the former president from sharing potentially sensitive information, ABC News reports.
Trump last week was charged with 37 counts in connection with his handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
The protective order includes Trump co-defendant Walt Nauta.
The order states that Trump and Nauta "shall not disclose the Discovery Materials or their contents directly or indirectly to any person or entity other than persons employed to assist in the defense, persons who are interviewed as potential witnesses, counsel for potential witnesses, and other persons to whom the Court may authorize disclosure."
