- His argument for privacy indicates the special counsel investigation is growing across multiple fronts and any release could have a domino effect
- The investigation has ‘multiple lines of non-public inquiry’ his team argued as they ask the judge to deny a request by the media to unseal documents
- Some details of the investigation have been released by lawyers for Paul Manafort, who are fighting charges made by the Mueller team
- The media argues the public interest in the case outweighs the need for privacy
Special counsel Robert Mueller is fighting for complete secrecy in his probe into Russia’s role in the presidential election and his arguments for privacy hint that his investigation is growing across multiple fronts.
‘The Special Counsel’s investigation is not a closed matter, but an ongoing criminal investigation with multiple lines of non-public inquiry. No right of public access exists to search warrant materials in an ongoing investigation,’ his team wrote in a court filing Wednesday night.
Five news organizations – Politico, The Associated Press, The New York Times, CNN and The Washington Post – have asked a federal judge to unseal various warrants that are part of the investigation.
Special counsel Robert Mueller is fighting for complete secrecy in his probe into Russia’s role in the presidential election.
Five news organizations – Politico, The Associated Press, The New York Times, CNN and The Washington Post – have asked a federal judge to unseal various warrants that are part of the special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
Mueller’s team is fighting that request and their reasoning to the judge indicates the investigation is moving on multiple fronts and that the release of the slightest bit of information could have a domino effect across their inquiry.
‘Many aspects of the investigation are factually and legally interconnected: they involve overlapping courses of conduct, relationships, and events, and they rely on similar sources, methods, and techniques. The investigation is not complete and its details remain non-public,’ his team wrote in a brief submitted to U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson.
Some parts of some warrants in the investigation have been made public by defense lawyers for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort as they have challenged the criminal cases against their client.
The Special Counsel’s Office said it wouldn’t oppose formally unsealing those two warrants, which were heavily redacted when originally made public through Manafort’s legal challenge.
Any classified information in the warrants would remained redacted.
Some parts of some warrants in the Russia investigation have been made public by defense lawyers for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort as they have challenged the criminal cases against their client.
Attorneys for the media argue the public interest in the case outweighs the need for privacy.
‘The gravity and importance of this criminal investigation is second to none in our nation’s history, and therefore the public’s interest in the transparency of that investigation could not be greater,’ attorneys Jay Ward Brown and Matthew Kelley wrote.
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