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US judge warns there are limits to what Trump can say about election case

Former President Donald Trump faces federal charges for alleged interference in the 2020 presidential election [Mary Altaffer/AP Photo]

The United States judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case has said she will limit the evidence the former president will be allowed to share from his trial but stopped short of granting the blanket ban prosecutors had sought.

During a court hearing on Friday, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan addressed concerns that Trump could release evidence on social media. She told his lawyers that the former president’s defence “is supposed to happen in this courtroom, not on the internet”.

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