Government lawyers ask judge to reject CNN's efforts to make Comey memos public
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)Government lawyers have asked a judge to reject CNN's requests to make public the memos of former FBI Director James Comey in which he details his meetings with President Donald Trump.
In a late Friday evening filing, the lawyers also have asked for permission to argue in secret why they say the disclosure could compromise the investigation into Russian election-meddling and potential obstruction of justice into that probe.
Several news outlets and government watchdogs, including CNN, have requested the documents be released under the Freedom of Information Act. Comey testified in Congress that the documents detail Trump's request that he pledge personal loyalty and what he interpreted as a request to curtail an investigation into Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.
Despite Comey's testimony that he wrote the memos specifically to avoid including classified information, the government argued it has now classified portions of the documents.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/14/politics/comey-memos-foia/index.html
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even a reference to the judiciary. It's just "the government."
It almost sounds a bit trepidatious or revolutionary, no?
