{"id":1993492,"date":"2023-08-07T18:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lawyer-says-doj-request-for-protective-order-a-result-of-jack-smith-playing-the-victim\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T18:17:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:17:38","slug":"trump-lawyer-says-doj-request-for-protective-order-a-result-of-jack-smith-playing-the-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lawyer-says-doj-request-for-protective-order-a-result-of-jack-smith-playing-the-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s lawyer claims DOJ&#8217;s protective order request is a response to Jack Smith&#8217;s victim mentality."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-lawyer-says-doj-request-for-protective-order-a-result-of-jack-smith-playing-the-victim%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1993492&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Trump&#8217;s Attorney\u200d Defends\u2062 Rejection of Protective Order<\/h2>\n<p>Alina Habba, attorney for\u2063 former President Donald Trump, appeared on Fox News \u200bto address the proposed \u200dprotective order that Trump&#8217;s\u200d team rejected. In her interview, Habba accused \u200dspecial counsel\u2063 Jack Smith of trying to \u2064play the \u200dvictim. She emphasized that while they have agreed to protective orders in the past, this\u200b particular one raised concerns.<\/p>\n<h3>Protective Orders and Witness Testimony<\/h3>\n<p>Habba clarified that they have no objections to protective orders that ensure the safety of witnesses and classified evidence. However, she pointed\u200d out that the \u200ccurrent order \u200dsought\u2062 by Smith is different. Habba defended Trump&#8217;s compliance \u2063with previous orders and suggested\u200d that Smith&#8217;s \u200bfear may be\u200c the driving\u2064 force behind \u2063this particular request.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice had previously\u200d filed a protective\u200d order in a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-questions-whether-biden-admin-suppressed-national-archive-statements-in-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"House GOP Questions Whether Biden Admin Suppressed National Archive Statements in Classified Documents Case\">case involving classified documents<\/a>. The \u200cjudge granted the order, \u2062allowing Trump access to discovery materials from his Mar-a-Lago estate only under\u200b the\u200d supervision of his defense counsel or their staff.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lawyer-says-doj-request-for-protective-order-a-result-of-jack-smith-playing-the-victim\/\" title=\"Trump's lawyer claims DOJ's protective order request is a response to Jack Smith's victim mentality.\">witness testimony exhibits<\/a>, Habba stated that they have never \u2063disagreed to such orders in the past, and Trump has always abided by them.<\/p>\n<h3>Protective Order on Social Media Usage<\/h3>\n<p>Prosecutors requested a protective order from Judge Tanya Chutkan to restrict Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-poll-majority-of-americans-think-social-media-does-more-to-divide-us-than-bring-us-together\/\" title=\"NBC News Poll: Majority Of Americans Think Social Media Does More To Divide Us Than Bring Us Together\">social media usage<\/a> in the\u2063 case. They argued that Trump&#8217;s posts could potentially harm \u200cwitnesses or impede the fair \u200cadministration of justice. When asked \u2064about reviewing Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a>, Habba stated that she couldn&#8217;t\u200b speak to the \u200dmatter, as\u200d he is a grown man who acts \u200cas he wishes.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s legal \u2064team sought an extension for the \u2062deadline, but Chutkan \u200ddenied the request.\u2062 They\u2064 also\u200c rejected Smith&#8217;s order by the given deadline. Trump&#8217;s attorneys argued that the order was too broad \u2064and suggested a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rejects-jack-smiths-protective-order-as-overbroad-violation-of-first-amendment\/\" title=\"Trump dismisses Jack Smith's protective order as 'excessive,' infringing on First Amendment rights.\">limited protective order<\/a> that\u200b only covers sensitive materials.<\/p>\n<h3>Attorney&#8217;s Perspective on the Protective Order<\/h3>\n<p>Although\u2062 Habba is not directly involved in the\u2063 2020 election case, she expressed confidence in the response from the other\u200b attorney, emphasizing that they do not have issues with certain aspects of the protective order. However, she strongly opposed the idea \u2062of a gag \u200border on \u200ba presidential candidate under attack, deeming it unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Habba&#8217;s interview shed light on the complexities surrounding \u2063the rejected protective order and highlighted the legal team&#8217;s concerns regarding\u200b its scope \u200band potential infringement on Trump&#8217;s rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alina Habba, attorney for ex-President Donald Trump, accused special counsel Jack Smith of playing the victim card over a rejected protective order. Habba stated that while they don&#8217;t always object, this situation is unique as Smith is attempting to portray himself as a victim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1993493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1993492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1993492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1993493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}