Good morning. It's Saturday, August 12th, and you're watching Velshi. I'm Charles

Coleman Jr. filling in for my friend Ali Velshi. We begin this morning with the latest

developments in the fast-moving case of the United States versus Donald J. Trump.

There are major developments in the government's election interference case against the former president.

Federal Judge Tanya Chuckton granted the special counsel's team request for a protective order just yesterday.

Their protective order seeks to limit what Trump can and cannot disclose about

the case and the trove of evidence that prosecutors are looking to turn over to the defense

during the discovery process. Now, the government have requested a protective order that

covered everything in discovery, but the judge's ruling does not go that far. It prevents Trump from publicly sharing

materials that, quote, the government designates as sensitive. That includes things like personal

information of possible witnesses, recordings, and transcripts of testimony. The defense argued

that a protective order would infringe on Trump's First

Amendment rights. But Chuck then noted, quote, the need for the criminal case to proceed in normal

order and to protect the integrity of the process means there are going to be limits on the

defendant's speech. And later in the hearing, she emphasized that Trump is, quote, a criminal

defendant. He's going to have restrictions like every single other defendant, end quote.

It was the first time that both sides met in a courtroom with Chuckton, who was the federal judge assigned to oversee the case.

They'll meet with her next again in just a few weeks on August 28th to discuss the trial date.

The special counsel's team has proposed starting that trial on January 2nd, 2024.

That is a sign of how fast the government wants this case to move forward.

Now, the defense has yet to respond.

But if we can learn anything from Trump's other federal criminal case, it's that they will likely

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