U.S. judge delays deposition, directs Clinton aide to detail immunity deal in email probe
Source: Washington Post
By Spencer S. Hsu June 3 at 7:49 PM
A federal judge Friday postponed a deposition of a former State Department staffer who helped set up Hillary Clinton’s private email server, seeking more information about the aide’s immunity agreement with federal prosecutors and his claim to a Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in a civil lawsuit.
Attorneys for technology specialist Bryan Pagliano had also asked U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the District to bar audio- or video-recording of the deposition, originally planned for Monday before lawyers with the conservative legal advocacy group Judicial Watch. The group is seeking to have Pagliano answer questions under oath as part of its lawsuit probing whether Clinton’s email arrangement as secretary of state thwarted the Freedom of Information Act and release of public records.
Sullivan did not rule on that request to bar recording Pagliano’s deposition session. Instead, Sullivan directed both sides to address by June 13 the legal authority for Pagliano’s constitutional claim against self-incrimination.
“Counsel for Mr. Pagliano shall file a Memorandum of Law addressing the legal authority upon which Mr. Pagliano relies to assert his Fifth Amendment rights in this civil proceeding,” Sullivan ordered in a brief note in the court docket Friday afternoon.
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I think several of us here have been wondering if/when the court would inquire about Mr. Pagliano's immunity agreement. I also think we might see some serious discussion about this judge. His past rulings, and style, among other things, are likely to be matters of interest, imo.
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Please ignore the following if I was just too dense to catch a clever use of sarcasm. Things being the way they are, I hope you'll understand.
I think several of us here have been wondering if/when the court would inquire about Mr. Pagliano's immunity agreement. I also think we might see some serious discussion about this judge. His past rulings, and style, among other things, are likely to be matters of interest, imo.
I think the judge will come off great from that. But I do think that as the public becomes more aware of this case, and the judge's rulings, they'll want to know more about him. Given that the vast majority of people don't follow this FOIA case like we do, they'll have questions, many of which are easy to answer.
They'll ask if he has any obvious bias. An answer could be "He was appointed by Bill Clinton".
Etc.
I hope that explains things and you no longer think I was "questioning the propriety of a sitting judge".
Italian defendant???
Like Jerry Doyle playing Mr. Garibaldi. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Garibaldi
Michael Alfredo Garibaldi was born in the Bronx, New York, Earth.
He loves Italian food and often cuts secret deals with Babylon 5 dockworkers to bring expensive Italian foods onto the station. The deals are secret because of the disapproval of Dr. Stephen Franklin, B5's medical chief and a close friend of Garibaldi. Dr. Franklin disapproves of Garibaldi's love of fatty foods, although on at least one occasion he agrees to eat an Italian meal (bagna càuda) cooked by Garibaldi.
Who cares about that though, when he is so awesome in the part (and what does a family name really signify anyway, especially in the future).
I always called it the Christmas Eve massacre of justice. I don't know why I didn't think to include that in my response while ago. I'll never ever forget it. I screamed at my TV and knew then and there that there was no justice in this whole wide world. 
I just read a mention of it a few days back. To be honest, I hadn't remembered it as quite that bad.
If you get a chance to watch War Inc, check it out. Imo it sort of exists in a parallel dimension to Grosse Pointe Blank. I see it as what might have happened if Martin Blank's (John Cusack's character) life took a turn for the worse, instead of the better.
Worth it for Joan Cusack alone, lol at her all nervous about having a nice enough room for Anderson Cooper's visit ("I mean, he is a Vanderbilt and everything. There could be repercussions!"
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It's a little rough around the edges, but often brilliant.