A
federal judge directed the U.S. government Tuesday to show him any
search warrant application used to gain access to a new batch of
Hillary Clinton's emails just before the election.
Judge
P. Kevin Castel asked a government lawyer to turn over any pertinent
documents by late Thursday in case he decides any portion of the
materials must be made public. He also recommended the government advise
what redactions are necessary should he rule that portions of documents
must be disclosed publicly.
E. Randol Schoenberg, a Los
Angeles-based lawyer who specializes in recovering works of art stolen
by the Nazis, sued to obtain any search warrant and related papers used
by the
FBI to obtain the emails from a computer belonging to
Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of
Huma Abedin, one of Clinton's top aides. Schoenberg's lawsuit followed a
Freedom of Information Act request for the documents.
Weiner,
a Democrat, resigned his seat in Congress after sexually explicit texts
and social media posts to various women. He is under investigation by
federal authorities for online communications he had with a 15-year-old
girl.
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