Judge won't let contractor see Capitol Riot grand jury evidence

[orangecrush]

A federal judge has thrown a monkey wrench into the prosecution of more than 500 Capitol riot defendants by denying the Justice Department’s request to share grand jury materials with a contractor hired to organize the massive amounts of video, social media, email and other evidence in the cases.

The ruling Friday could complicate and drag out the prosecutions by requiring government personnel to be more involved in aspects of the process of sharing evidence with defense attorneys.



In May, the Justice Department agreed to pay Deloitte Financial Advisory Services $6.1 million to set up a database containing various kinds of materials the FBI has tracked down in connection with the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, as lawmakers were planning to certify the electoral vote returns.

In a 54-page decision, Washington-based U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell rejected the government’s arguments that the contractor’s staff would qualify as the equivalent of government employees under the secrecy provisions of grand jury rules. She also said prosecutors had failed to demonstrate that there was a “particularized need” to give Deloitte’s personnel access to the grand jury materials.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/news/2021/07/16/judge-capitol-riot-grand-jury-evidence-499831


Of course.

[msongs]

1. great, the perps can sit in jail longer while all the data is sorted nt

[orangecrush]

3. Discovery

For the defense lawyers.

Prosecutors need to share all evidence they have with defense, and there is such a massive amount of evidence,, a contractor is needed to handle it.

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. They did.

They just work for Deloitte

[Volaris]

9. Well if they're all lawyers, they should be professional enough to know how grand juries work,

And how 3rd party contractors are dealt with in the co contacts regarding the information they're handed...

Unless the DOJ wrote one hell of a shitty contract that DIDNT cover all that, I'm not sure what the judges reason was for this delay.
IANAL.

[questionseverything]

4. Any charged with a crime has the right to see any evidence the government has against them

It will all be a matter of public record down the road

[AZSkiffyGeek]

6. That's exactly the opposite of what I've seen advocated here today

Apparently we're supposed to follow the Constitution and just throw them all in jail. /s

[fescuerescue]

10. I dunno. I think EVERYONE should see it

I'm not really in favor of keeping it secret honestly.

[orangecrush]

11. Agree.

Let them see how screwed they are.

[crickets]

7. Meanwhile, ballots in Arizona... nt