A federal judge just unsealed more information from the government memo asking a special master to sort out privilege issues in warrants on Rudy Giuliani and Victoria Toensing.
"On April 28, 2021, the Government seized 18 electronic devices belonging to Giuliani and certain employees of Giuliani Partners pursuant to those warrants."
One device for Toensing.
See, before and after.
Unredacted—
"...which, in that case, like here, had previously reviewed records from email accounts obtained pursuant to covert search warrants"
The remaining redactions, which include the bulk of the text revealed at the top of the thread, relate to those covert warrants, previously described in Giuliani's recent legal brief but elucidated with today's disclosures.
Hitting the docket shortly after, this May 14 letter, explaining:
"The redactions are narrowly tailored to protect the Government’s ongoing grand jury investigation and third party privacy interests by redacting specific information related to the applicable warrants."
Quick note about the memos disclosures about the 2019 warrants.
Those have been previously reported—and confirmed by Giuliani's lawyers earlier this week. Now, we have dates. lawandcrime.com/high-profile/a…
"Feds Seized 18 Electronic Devices From Rudy Giuliani and His Employees, Unsealed Letter Reveals"
"Asking a Judge to Unseal Files, Rudy Giuliani's Lawyers Demand Explanation for 'Extremely Damaging' Claim That He Might Destroy Evidence" lawandcrime.com/high-profile/a… via @lawcrimenews
Proud Boys member Christopher Worrell's hearing has begun.
Charged with using pepper spray on police on Jan. 6, Worrell renewed his bid for release claiming he's "deteriorating" from lymphoma. Feds say it's based on word of urologist, not oncologist.
As the linked article notes, the D.C. Circuit previously denied Worrell's bid for pretrial release in a ruling appearing to draw a sharp distinction between accused Capitol rioters accused of violence (like Worrell) and those who aren't (like "zip-tie guy" Eric Munchel).
Worrell renewed his motion for health reasons, speaking about the risk of COVID-19 and the return of his lymphoma.
The government says he's scheduled to see an oncologist on May 19.
His lawyer just claimed his client's being "tortured" in custody.
Q: Are you going to take any legal action in response to allegations of ongoing abuse of charity, and any possibility of fraud charges against LaPierre?
No direct answer, but she says "discovery will continue" in her ongoing case.
Q: Can the NRA reincorporate in Texas, absent a bankruptcy?
A: It cannot absent approval given pending matter in New York.
The NRA filed for bankruptcy in Texas in response to @NewYorkStateAG Tish James's lawsuit in New York seeking its dissolution for violations of state charity law.
Right out of the gate, Judge Hale says that's not what bankruptcy is for.
To file for bankruptcy, the NRA established a Texas entity Sea Girt LLC, which regulators call LaPierre's "wholly owned shell company."
The judge describes the cash-flush group's "somewhat unusual" path to bankruptcy court here.