Enough about transcription and conversion of documents.
What of the contents of the document, the Court filing itself?
It would seem to me that even though the defense presented the link to the AP article...which mentioned a 742 page arrest report, among an 8,000 plus pages document dump -which was seemingly not given to AP by Broden- but which must have(?) come from the prosecutorial/law enforcement side of things, then the horses have alreadyleft the barn. It's too late now to shut the door, saying that must be done in order to keep them from leaving...
What now? Would it be equitable to enforce a gag order on only one side, and in that, with only one defense attorney (among possibly a great many) be made to stand around looking at empty stalls, while the guy who has been accused can't even utter a peep, maybe not even " but I'm NOT GUILTY!"???".
Does the gag order extend all the way to Associated Press?
AP would likely as not resist telling who it was that gave them the files, although if pressed may go so far as to make a sworn statement they didn't get them from Broden.
AP also may have received those from a source, conditionally, that they would not divulge the identity of that source, and would likely not desire to, or else that source of free information (ever heard of freedom of the press?) would dry up.
Regardless...there has been a breach.
There is good reason to suspect the breach was not Broden, or else the guy has brass plated brass of significant dimension.
And then there's the part about Renya having made comments to the press. If he could not resist, could not hold to strict 'no comment' then it is not equitable arrangement to allow the gag order to continue.
And then there is the Morton Act...
Renya shouldn't be getting his own way in all of this, but instead, should allow whatever evidence there is (or there is not) to speak for itself.
If they've already decided to not fully pursue the charges against some number --- how's about letting defendants know about that, instead of persist in hanging sword of Damocles over the heads of persons who are not in power?
The various swords (of the law) are hanging over his head too. He could reduce the risk of some loose blade nicking the twines holding up the one's which are over his own head by streamlining the caseload which is now cluttering McLennan County DA's offices.
And this gag order?
I can't imagine how a just Court could continue it. Renya has so far not shown good faith. In one sense, being that much info came out that was mostly all negative about "bikers", and most all of it coming from LE and the DA's offices --- oh, wait -- and judges who have granted personal interviews to the press(!), it matters not if the AP did not get the file directly from Renya's own hands, for those hands are less than clean otherwise, while a huge steaming pile of a heaped-up wagon load of horse-droppings left the barn with most all the horses.
We might be able to imagine things could be a little tense within various governmental offices in Waco, right about now, and more so when the news has had a little time to circulate better.
Who da' mole? Who to strike and whack at with the mallet?
Waco area LEO agencies have already proven they can be vindictive, and play games within games within power-tippin' LEO ego trip games...
Watch for who may show up soon with (some kind of) a black eye?
The Ballmead allstar team, and any other 'team' in that league... are they at bat, and will they be bashed with bean-ball pitches, and even bats?
Inquiring minds are dying to know...
Not Ballmead but Bellmead allstar.