Judge won't release drafts of Hillary Clinton Whitewater indictment

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



A federal judge has rejected a conservative group's lawsuit demanding the release of drafts of a criminal indictment of Hillary Clinton prosecutors prepared, but never issued, during the Whitewater investigation in the 1990s.

U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton ruled Tuesday that Clinton's "substantial privacy interest" outweighed any public interest in disclosure and that the material was protected from disclosure by a court rule enforcing grand jury secrecy.

"Although an individual’s interests in privacy fade when the information involved already appears on the public record'...'the fact that an event is not wholly private does not mean that an individual has no interest in limiting disclosure or dissemination of (the requested) information,'" the judge added, quoting earlier cases.
The group suing for the records under the Freedom of Information Act, Judicial Watch, argued that public interest in the draft indictments was magnified by Clinton's presidential bid.

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/hillary-clinton-whitewater-indictment-drafts-229093

[riversedge]

1. I have no interest and certainly vile Judical Watch has no interest!

[still_one]

2. It isn't just a conservative group, it is the bat shit crazy judicial watch

[Grins]

10. Judicial Watch, a cult living inside a hermetically sealed bell jar forever regurgitating RNC talkin

"Judicial Watch, a cult living inside a hermetically sealed bell jar forever regurgitating RNC talking points." - Charles Pierce

[still_one]

11. so well phrased

[Nitram]

12. My right wing father got junk mail almost daily from Judicial Watch.

Usually about how they needed only $25 more to finally impeach Obama. I can't tell you how sad it is to see an intelligent man reduced by Fox and right wing conspiracy mongers to a paranoid knee jerk right wing stooge.

[still_one]

13. A lot of us have family who have gone to the dark side. I have a brother who is

pretty hard core republican and fox, but surprisingly he won't vote for trump. Not sure if he will vote for Hillary or not, but I get a very strong impression that his wife will be voting for Hillary

[cstanleytech]

3. I wonder how their lawsuit against Trump to release his tax records is going

assuming of course they arent partisan hacks and filed one.

[groundloop]

5. Yes, another ultra right-wing group with a misleading name

Besides, the fact that the indictment was never filed should be all we need to know - there was nothing to see.

[dhol82]

4. Damn, they just can't let it go.

[vdogg]

6. The must be desperate if they have to dig all the way back to Whitewater...

n/t

[scscholar]

7. Indictments of innocent people shouldn't be public information (ntxt)

[former9thward]

16. It up to a court to determine innocence.

Indictments when issued are always public. Whatever happened here was not issued. So the judge made a correct decision given she is a public figure.

[calimary]

8. Oh for Fuck's Sake...

[Zambero]

9. A draft is a DRAFT, not an actual indictment

Given that there was no there there, prosecutors never issued it knowing they would lose their case. Amazing that Clinton Delusional Syndrome has persisted for a quarter of a century.

[ismnotwasm]

14. Ah yes. Judicial Watch.

"Indictment" being their apparent favorite word, led many --who should know better-- down a twisted path ending in lies.

[displacedtexan]

15. Freakin' Politico Crap Headline Alert

Trying to remain relevant by using click-bait headline.

Deplorable.