Bulger says US has documents that can prove immunity
By John R. Ellement
April 23, 2013
Attorneys for James ‘Whitey’ Bulger on Monday demanded that the US Justice Department be forced to hand over any records it has detailing the connection between Bulger and federal law enforcement, a connection that Bulger claims gave him immunity from prosecution for any crime he committed.
The defense also filed a letter listing potential government witnesses at Bulger’s trial, scheduled to start in June. Bulger, through his attorneys, has said he will take the stand in his own defense and argue that a former federal prosecutor, the now-deceased Jeremiah O’Sullivan, was the person who granted him immunity.
But, in court papers filed in US District Court, Bulger attorney J.W. Carney Jr. said the federal prosecutors have told him they can hand over documents about the Bulger case that are in the custody of the US Attorney Carmen Ortiz’ office in Boston, but they have no authority to provide records from the Washington headquarters of the DOJ.
That must change, Carney wrote, in order for Bulger to obtain the documents – or show no such documents exist – to back up his immunity claim.
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