A federal judge has thrown a monkey wrench into the prosecution of more than 500 Capitol riot defendants by denying the Justice Department’s request to share grand jury materials with a contractor hired to organize the massive amounts of video, social media, email and other evidence in the cases.
“Deloitte, a private firm contracted by the government on a non-exclusive basis, is a private rather than a public governmental entity, and its staff are employees of the firm rather than the government. [The grand jury secrecy rule] thus does not allow disclosure of grand jury matters to Deloitte and its employees,” Howell added.
“Disclosures of grand jury information must be substantiated by more than a need for the government to separate efficiently the wheat from the chaff,” she said. The judge suggested in her new opinion that the Justice Department interpreted the rule strictly in that case, but wants it interpreted more liberally now that prosecutors could use some wiggle room to deal with the massive Jan. 6 investigation. She described the prosecutors’ new stance as “an expedient relaxation of the government’s position.”
This, she said, could spook witnesses concerned that the extensive evidence sharing could tip off outsiders to the scope and direction of the Justice Department’s Capitol riot investigation.
Good. The black KKK known as BLM and Antifa burned down dozens of cities and billions of dollars of damage. Private businesses were burned and looted and owners were killed. Oh that's right - They were democRATS DIFFERENT RULES
Pelosi allowed the entire US capitol unprotected - she knew about the rioters coming, she should resign.
How is it possible that such fundamental issues are still being settled today? Is it really the case that this has never come up before?
We handle similar restrictions with GSA data. They can build the DB and reference tools without accessing data, leveraging government employees for analysis where required. It isn't totally unreasonable, though it does remind me that Snowden was working for Booz Allen, not NSA.
People who get away with things have always known that the harder you make it for the wheels of justice to turn, the slower it turns and settles for much less or nothing at all in the 'interests of justice'. From traffic tickets to high crimes.
Gee what a surprise (not):Judge Beryl Howell is a Barack Obama appointed Judge. The politics tell the story in my opinion. Look at the DACA decision. A Bush appointee.
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