The Washington Examiner reports that former President Donald Trump has made a deal with special counsel Jack Smith - the prosecutor who indicted Trump over Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents. 

The deal, according to the outlet, regards discovery - the legal process whereby the parties gather and exchange evidence in support of their respective positions.

The deal was put forth in a court document that Smith and Jay Bratt, the Department of Justice's (DOJ) chief of counterintelligence, filed on Friday.

The filed document is a protective order, and what Smith and Bratt are looking to protect is some of the information that they will give to Trump and Trump's legal team during the discovery process.

What Smith is looking to protect:

In the protective order, Smith and Bratt write that the "discovery materials include sensitive and confidential information," information that reveals "sensitive but unclassified" investigative techniques, "non-public information" related to potential witnesses," "information pertaining to ongoing investigations," and more.

The protective order, according to Smith and Bratt, "will protect against unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, while allowing the defense to use the materials in preparation of their defense."

The essential point of the protective order is to ensure that Trump does not publicly disclose this information.

The restrictions:

The order places several restrictions on the access, by Trump and Trump's lawyers, to the documents.

"Defendants shall only have access to discovery materials under the direct supervision of defense counsel or a member of defense counsel’s staff," the order states.

"Defendants shall not retain copies of discovery material," it continues. "Defendants may take notes regarding discovery materials, but such notes shall be stored securely by defense counsel or a member of defense counsel’s staff in the same manner as the discovery materials."

Finally, the order states, "the discovery materials, along with any information derived therefrom, shall not be disclosed to the public or the news media, or disseminated on any news or social media platform, without prior notice to and consent of the United States or approval of the court."

Trump agrees

In the protective order, Smith and Bratt say that Trump has not objected to the proposal. Still, the motion has to be approved by the court before it will go into effect.

The motion is currently being reviewed by Judge Bruce Reinhart after it was referred to Reinhart by District Judge Aileen Cannon, the judge who is overseeing the case between Trump and the DOJ.

When Reinhart will rule on the motion is unclear.