FBI to hand Comey memos on Trump over to judge weighing their release

By Erik Larson Bloomberg News (TNS) 1 hr ago 0

NEW YORK — The FBI was ordered to let a judge review copies of former director James Comey’s memos about his interactions with President Donald Trump before he was fired to determine whether to release them, as media organizations seek to make the documents public.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington on Thursday ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to submit both clean and redacted versions of the documents by April 1 as part of a Freedom of Information Act case brought by CNN and other organizations, including USA Today and the conservative activist group Judicial Watch Inc.

https://www.theeagle.com/news/nation/fbi-to-hand-comey-memos-on-trump-over-to-judge/article_b387eca0-3078-5e77-a1db-f8022999d70e.html

The public should be permitted to see the memos because Trump and Comey have accused each other “of grave breaches of the public trust,” and the documents include crucial “contemporaneous records of disputed conversations,” CNN argued in a January filing.

On March 1, the FBI wrote to the judge saying the files that are still redacted are classified and should remain secret to avoid interfering with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. That probe ended on March 22.

Boasberg didn’t say when he’d decide whether to release the documents.

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>U.S. District Judge James Boasberg

Boasberg was born to a Jewish family in San Francisco, California in 1963[3], to Sarah (Sally) Margaret (Szold) and Emanuel (Tersh) Boasberg III.[4][5] The family moved to Washington, D.C. when Boasberg's father accepted a position in Sargent Shriver's Office of Economic Opportunity, a Great Society agency responsible for implementing and administering many of Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty programs.[6][7] Boasberg received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1985, where he was a member of Skull and Bones,[8] and a Master of Studies the following year from Oxford University.[9] He then earned his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1990.[9][10]

After completing law school, Boasberg served as a law clerk for Judge Dorothy W. Nelson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for the 1990–91 term.[9] He then went into private practice, working at firms first in San Francisco (1991–94) and then in the District of Columbia (1995–96).[11] In 1996, Boasberg joined the office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia where he would spend 5.5 years as a prosecutor, specializing in homicides.[11][10]

Osama Bin Laden photos

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On April 26, 2012, Boasberg ruled that the public had no right to view government photos of a deceased Osama Bin Laden. Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, had filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), but were unsuccessful in convincing the Judge that FOIA rights outweighed national-security factors.[14]

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Registered tax return preparer regulations

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On January 18, 2013, Boasberg issued a permanent injunction prohibiting the Internal Revenue Service from enforcing regulations on Registered Tax Return Preparers, which otherwise required tax return preparers to register with the IRS and pass a written test as evidence of competency. Loving v. Internal Revenue Service, No. 12-385 (U.S.D.C. D.C. 1/18/2013).[15] The IRS appealed and in 2014, the Court of Appeals upheld Boasberg's district court decision.[16]

Appointment to United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

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On February 7, 2014 Chief Justice John G. Roberts announced that he would appoint Boasberg to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a term starting May 18, 2014 to a seat being vacated by Reggie Walton.[17][18] His term began May 18, 2014.[10]

Hillary Clinton emails

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On August 22, 2016, Boasberg ordered the release of over 14,000 emails found in the United States Department of State correspondence of Hillary Clinton by the FBI during an investigation of Clinton's private server.[19] These emails were requested by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, because the FBI has indicated that emails were work-related and not entirely private as Clinton had previously said.[19]

Trump tax returns

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On August 18, 2017, Boasberg dismissed a lawsuit from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), which had sued the IRS under FOIA seeking President Donald Trump's personal tax returns from 2010 to the present to be released. Boasberg concluded that because personal tax returns are confidential, they may only be obtained either by permission from Trump himself or if Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation signed off to allow the disclosure

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