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The federal in Washington, D.C., overseeing former President Donald Trump’s case involving charges tied to the Jan. 6 Capitol Building riot has issued an order involving his request to extend a filing deadline in a dispute with special counsel Jack Smith.
Late last week, Smith’s team filed a request for a protective order to prevent Trump and his team from viewing certain evidence out of fear that the former president would disclose it on social media or during a campaign rally.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday gave Trump’s team until Monday to respond to the government’s motion. And on Saturday, she struck down a request by Trump to extend the filing deadline until later in the week…