Judge limits Steve Bannon from releasing certain case material to the public

CBS ^ | 10 December 2021 | ROBERT LEGARE

[blueplum]

U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols has issued a protective order in Steve Bannon's criminal contempt of Congress case, effectively barring him or his lawyers from releasing to the public case material given to them by prosecutors.

However, any evidence related to the case that is already in the public sphere or obtained by Bannon outside of the evidentiary discovery process is not subject the judge's ruling. ...

...Bannon and his team had asked the judge not to issue the order, citing what they argue is the public's need to understand the case.

But prosecutors told the judge they feared Bannon would use any evidence received to try the case in the press or public if a protective order was not issued....

[blueplum]

one imagines, if the prosecutors thought they had a strong case, they wouldn't worry about 'trying the case in public' given the media's bias

[The Louiswu]

I really don’t understand this counties legal system anymore.

[sauropod]

Precisely.

[kvanbrunt2]

Leak it. who would know where it came from.

[Georgia Girl 2]

The media is with Bannon on this issue. They will happily leak anything he passes on as they are hopeful it will hurt Trump.

[ridesthemiles]

THERE ISN’T ONE-—

IT CHANGES SECOND by SECOND

[kiryandil]

"The law is in my mouth" - King John of England

[Gaffer]

If you can find out who appointed the judge then it isn’t a far stretch to understand what’s going on...