Posted on 09/30/2020 12:02:39 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Department of Justice to publish information redacted from the Mueller report that had been designated as privileged.
District Court Judge Reggie Walton said that the Trump administration had failed to justify certain redactions from the report on the special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
The specific redactions he took issue with cover the decision-making process within Robert Mueller's team over whether to charge certain people with crimes during the probe.
"Based on the Courts review of the unredacted version of the Mueller Report, the Court concludes that the Department has failed to satisfy its burden to demonstrate that the withheld material is protected by the deliberative process privilege," Walton, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush, wrote in his 40-page opinion.
The decision comes as a result of a pair of lawsuits under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) brought by a journalist with Buzzfeed and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) that sought to have the full, unredacted report released to the public.
Walton on Wednesday ruled that the DOJ could continue to withhold material it had redacted under FOIA exemptions allowing agencies to conceal information that would compromise law enforcement investigations or compromise the privacy of witnesses.
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Help! Im almost out of popcorn!
It will be published a few years from now. If ever.
Our government is a corrupt and dysfunctional mess.
The Affirmative Action judge strikes again
The usual Dem Party operation masquerading as a judicial decision.
I don't know why they believe anyone cares or it will change anyones' mind.
The horse is dead.
A judge appointed by....
Nope if I am reading your mind correctly. SENIOR JUDGE Reggie White was first appointed as an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (1981-89) By Reagan, then Bush'41 to same position 1991-2001. Then Bush'43 to current United States District Judge in 2001.
FYI: Judge for the 'Scooter' Libby trial & conviction.
“you can check out anytime...but you can never leave”...my apologies to Hotel California.
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