The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case made public Friday a heavily redacted trove of documents that provide a small glimpse into the evidence prosecutors will present if the case ever goes to trial.

The former president’s legal team had objected to any release of material, saying it would amount to election interference.

A U.S. judge on Friday made public more evidence collected by prosecutors in the federal criminal case accusing former President Donald Trump of attempting to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.

Special Counsel Jack Smith released evidence this week from Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case. NBC News & MSNBC Legal Analyst and Co-host of the "Prosecuting Donald Trump" podcast Mary McCord joins The Weekend to discuss the importance of the released documents.

But most of it was redacted and can only be seen by the parties involved in the case. The remainder appeared to consist almost entirely of previously released memos, social media postings, transcripts,

Donald Trump has called a judge "the most evil person" after she released more than 1,800 pages of evidence in Special Counsel Jack Smith's election conspiracy case against him. The Republican White House candidate said US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan's rejection of his request to delay releasing the new evidence until after next month's vote amounted to "election interference".

A federal judge ordered the release Friday of a heavily redacted trove of evidence against Donald Trump that prosecutors see as bolstering charges that the former president unlawfully plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss.