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Related: About this forumProtest lodged over secrecy in Clinton email case
Protest lodged over secrecy in Clinton email case
By JOSH GERSTEIN 04/20/16 12:43 PM EDT Updated 04/20/16 01:24 PM EDT
Lawyers for a reporter demanding access to email messages and files the FBI has reportedly retrieved from Hillary Clinton's private server are objecting to a secret filing the Justice Department submitted to a federal court last month as part of a bid to keep those messages under wraps.
In a motion filed Tuesday, attorneys for Vice News reporter Jason Leopold formally protested the classified declaration the FBI filed offering U.S. District Court Judge Randy Moss additional details about the ongoing FBI investigation into how classified information wound up on Clinton's private server, which hosted the personal email account she used in lieu of a government one during her four years as secretary of state.
Leopold's attorneys argue that the Justice Department violated normal legal protocol by failing to seek advance permission from the court or notice to the other side before filing the unusual "ex parte" pleading.
"Because Defendant submitted the declaration ex parte for in camera review without prior permission from the Court, or opportunity for Plaintiff to be heard, there is no public record justifying the need for such secrecy of the portions that are not classified, or for the court to rule on the lawfulness of the Defendants nondisclosure," lawyers Jeffrey Light and Ryan James wrote.
The protest gained some traction late Wednesday afternoon when Moss ordered the Justice Department to file publicly a redacted copy of the secret filing or "show cause why" that isn't possible. He gave the government until April 26 to do that.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/04/protest-lodged-over-secrecy-in-clinton-email-case-222207
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Protest lodged over secrecy in Clinton email case (Original Post)
think
Apr 2016
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Codeine
(25,586 posts)1. How many business days, Mr. Leopold? nt
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)2. Give it 48 hours Mr. Leopold. nt.
think
(11,641 posts)4. 48 hours for what? The judge gave the DOJ until the 26th just to release a redacted version of the
secret filing requesting those email not be made public.
tritsofme
(17,379 posts)3. The emails will be released in 24 business hours. Merry Fitzmas!
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)5. So the Justice Department dropped their claim?