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Judge Grants Project Veritas Request To Insert Special Master After FBI Raids

https://www.theepochtimes.com/judge-grants-project-veritas-request-to-insert-special-master-after-fbi-raids_4146546.html
https://www.theepochtimes.com/judge-rejects-bid-to-make-public-records-supporting-raid-of-project-veritas-founder_4145461.html
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21150654-torres-ruling-in-project-veritas-case



A federal judge on Wednesday agreed to appoint a special master to
shield certain materials from the bureau and prosecutors that the FBI
seized from Project Veritas.

A special master, typically a retired judge, is appointed in a small
number of cases to sift through seized materials and separate out
documents that are privileged, or legally protected from authorities.

While a government filter team could adequately go through the
materials, a special master is being appointed to “ensure ‘the
perception of fairness,'” U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres, an Obama
nominee, wrote in the 5-page order.

    “In light of the potential First Amendment concerns that may be
implicated by the review of the materials seized from petitioners, the
court finds that the appointment of a special master will ‘help[] to
protect the public’s confidence in the administration of justice,'”
she added.

Retired Judge Barbara Jones, a Clinton nominee, was appointed as special master.

The government was ordered to finish extracting materials from the
devices owned by James O’Keefe, Project Veritas’ founder, and two
former Project Veritas employees and hand over the materials to Jones
to go through.

Jones will set aside any material not responsive to search warrants
approved by a different judge last month, which allowed the FBI to
raid the residences of O’Keefe, Eric Cochran, and Spencer Meads. She
will hand over any materials responsive to the warrants to the filter
team, which will then review the documents to determine if any should
be withheld from the separate investigative team for reasons such as
attorney-client privilege.

Project Veritas lawyers can object to any materials cleared to go to
the investigative team and Jones will rule on each objection.

Torres denied another request from petitioners. They had asked the
judge to order the government to search for the source of leaked
information given to the New York Times related to the raids and the
materials seized. She declined, asserting they did not provide a legal
basis for their request or allege that the government violated any
rule, law, or policy.

FBI agents raided the homes searching for evidence of a conspiracy
involving a diary said to belong to President Joe Biden’s daughter
Ashley Biden.

Project Veritas lawyers said most of the seized materials were
privileged and unrelated to the Ashley Biden diary, emphasizing a need
for a special master. The government opposed appointing a special
master, arguing a filter team would be adequate.

The ruling came one day after Magistrate Judge Sarah Cave rejected a
second attempt to force the unsealing of records that convinced the
judge to approve the warrants.