Newly discovered gerrymandering files should remain secret, NC Republicans tell court
Newly discovered gerrymandering files should remain secret, NC Republicans tell court
BY WILL DORAN the Charlotte Observer
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article229997404.html
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Common Cause and the others argued that the files “reveal false statements and material omissions made by legislative defendants to the federal district court” in that prior lawsuit.
On Monday, the lawyers for the legislative leaders responded by not only requesting that the files be kept secret, but also by suggesting that the lawyers for their opponents could be removed from the case as a punishment for looking at the files.
“One might expect that, with such a bald allegation of misconduct by elected officials, plaintiffs would have some strong support for it, some smoking gun, or admission,” the lawyers for the legislators wrote. “But, in fact, they have nothing of the sort.”
A key part of the lawmakers’ argument is that Hofeller’s daughter lacked legal permission to give anyone his files. They’re also concerned the files contain information about the redistricting process that they normally wouldn’t have had to turn over for this case.
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