US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan is one of the few judges who understands that choosing to release or withhold evidence in a Trump trial (remember, he’s being prosecuted in multiple fora!) is inherently political (boldface mine):

But in her ruling, Judge Chutkan argued that if she had kept the files under wraps, that could itself have been construed as election interference.

“If the court withheld information that the public otherwise had a right to access solely because of the potential political consequences of releasing it, that withholding could itself constitute – or appear to be – election interference,” she wrote.

And a Justice Department internal guideline is not binding law, for the Justice Department or the courts.

Fiat justitia ruat caelum, and all that…