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Judge's Order Prevents Manafort, Gates from Leaking Any Favorable Court Docs to Press
by Alberto Luperon | 5:58 pm, November 14th, 2017
The judge in the Paul Manafort case issued a protective order Tuesday, ordering the defense to not leak court documents provided by the prosecution. The order, issued by U.S. District Judge Amy Jackson, demands that Manafort and co-defendant Richard Gates only use the material for their case. She issued a gag order on the case last week.
From the order, obtained by Law&Crime:
The Defense shall not share or provide the materials or their contents directly or indirectly to any person or entity other than persons who are interviewed as potential witnesses, counsel for potential witnesses, and other persons to whom the Court may authorize disclosure (collectively, “authorized persons”). Potential witnesses and their counsel may be shown copies of the materials as necessary to prepare the defense, but may not retain copies or create copies without prior permission of the Court.
They also cannot share records they make in connection to these documents. The defense consented to all this, according to the court order.
This move all but ensures that the press will get minimal access to court documents. After all, these are the first publicly known charges spun out of the ongoing investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. His team is investigating whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government’s interference in the 2016 election. However, the charges against Manafort, President Donald Trump‘s former campaign manager, have nothing to do with those alleged ties.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/judges-order-prevents-manafort-gates-from-leaking-any-favorable-court-docs-to-press/
