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Read: Full text of Trump protective order in Jack Smith's 2020 election case

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued the order restricting Donald Trump's ability to disclose sensitive discovery materials in the case.

By Jordan Rubin

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday issued a protective order in special counsel Jack Smith's 2020 election interference case. The order restricts former President Donald Trump's ability to disclose sensitive discovery materials in the case.

Sensitive materials can include grand jury and witness information, among other things designated as such by the government.

Chutkan’s order also says Trump’s counsel has to maintain custody and control of these materials, and that his counsel has to inspect any notes Trump takes regarding them to make sure the former president hasn’t copied down personally identifying information.

Read the protective order below:

Jordan Rubin

Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and is the author of “Bizarro," a book about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined MSNBC, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.