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Judge orders DOJ to publish info redacted as privileged from Mueller report (Russia Again)
The Hill ^ | 09 30 2020 | Harper Neidig

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 Court’s 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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dcdistrict; dubyajudge; judiciary; mueller; politicaljudiciary; reggiewalton; resistancejudge; russia; smirkingchimpjudge; trump
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1 posted on 09/30/2020 12:02:39 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Help! I’m almost out of popcorn!


2 posted on 09/30/2020 12:05:57 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban Gun Free Zones)
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To: yesthatjallen

It will be published a few years from now. If ever.

Our government is a corrupt and dysfunctional mess.


3 posted on 09/30/2020 12:06:22 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: yesthatjallen

The Affirmative Action judge strikes again


4 posted on 09/30/2020 12:15:55 PM PDT by Regulator
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In brief, a leftist judge wants to provide the Dems with unsubstantiated accusations with which the Mueller team tried to frame Trump or others, just before an election.

The usual Dem Party operation masquerading as a judicial decision.

5 posted on 09/30/2020 12:19:39 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
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In brief, a leftist judge wants to provide the Dems with unsubstantiated accusations with which the Mueller team tried to frame Trump or others, just before an election.

I don't know why they believe anyone cares or it will change anyones' mind.

The horse is dead.

6 posted on 09/30/2020 12:41:21 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

A judge appointed by....


7 posted on 09/30/2020 12:51:29 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Thanks To Biden Voters Oregon Is Now A Battleground State!)
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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.

8 posted on 09/30/2020 1:08:56 PM PDT by SES1066 (2020, VOTE your principles, VOTE your history, VOTE FOR ALL AMERICANS, VOTE colorblind!)
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“you can check out anytime...but you can never leave”...my apologies to Hotel California.


9 posted on 09/30/2020 2:23:35 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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