Federal judge denies request from news outlets to release court records related to former President Trump's efforts to stop ex-aides from testifying before a grand jury about the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Feb. 24, 2023, 5:20 PM UTCA federal judge in Washington on Thursday denied a request from news outlets to release court records related to former President Donald Trump's efforts to stop ex-aides from testifying before a grand jury about efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
The New York Times and Politico had asked the judge in October to release documents related to the scope of Trump's efforts to stop former aides from testifying about their communications with him. The outlets had argued the public interest in the grand jury investigation outweighed the need for secrecy, but the Justice Department opposed their bid to unseal the court filings amid its ongoing investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell wrote in her 32-page opinion that the filings the media outlets had requested were central to the grand jury’s ongoing investigation and that legal precedent forbade their release “at least for now and perhaps forever.” "The pending matter highlights the tension that lies between the important policies underlying grand jury secrecy ... and 'the always strong presumption in favor of public access to judicial proceedings,'" Howell wrote.
Special counsel Jack Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November to oversee the criminal investigation into efforts to interfere with the results of the 2020 election, and claims of executive privilege have become a key issue in the probe. The investigation is multi-pronged, looking into the creation of alternative slates of pro-Trump electors who could be used to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential victory as well as the events surrounding the Jan.
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