“As I said months ago, these trials are the best way to get this information out in the open because criminal defendants can demand to see information related to their cases that would otherwise be kept out of public view.”
How long will that take - months? years? And what’s to stop the judge from placing a gag order on the info, in the interest of national security?
Have you been following the news about the major stories breaking just from two cases (the Paul Manafort case and the "13 Russians interfering the election" case) in the last couple of weeks?
And what’s to stop the judge from placing a gag order on the info, in the interest of national security?
The fact that he asked for the information in the first place is a huge deal. He can put a gag order on the information he has, but not on the testimony of a witness. We don't hold criminal trials in secret in this country.