Surveillance Discovery

The Trump administration doesn’t have to release documents related to whether evidence in a criminal case was derived from electronic surveillance and therefore disclosable to defendants because the documents are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act as attorney-work product, a federal judge has ruled.

SAN FRANCISCO – The Trump administration doesn’t have to release documents related to whether evidence in a criminal case was derived from electronic surveillance and therefore disclosable to defendants because the documents are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act as attorney-work product, a federal judge has ruled.

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