Salt Lake Tribune: Prosecutors want to bar Tim DeChristopher from arguing in his upcoming criminal trial that he placed bogus bids on oil and gas leases to combat the climate crisis. The reason, legal experts say, is the fear the some jurors may buy his argument. In a 27-page motion filed this week in Salt Lake City’s federal court, U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman offers several examples of previous rulings against such a defense in civil-disobedience and political-protest trials. “The …