Special Counsel’s Office Suggests Guilty Plea In The Russia Investigation Is Just The Beginning
By Chris Geidner, BuzzFeed, Oct. 30, 2017
"Your Honor, the criminal justice interest being vindicated here is there's a large-scale ongoing investigation of which this case is a small part," Aaron Zelinsky — a lawyer working for Mueller's investigation — said at an Oct. 5 hearing detailing George Papadopoulos's guilty plea to one count of making false statements.
The question arose when US District Judge Randolph Moss asked Zelinsky to explain what interests would justify the court allowing Papadopoulos to waive his rights to seek information about the government's case against him under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Robert Stanley, Papadopoulos's lawyer, said that Papadopoulos "at this time has no intention of issuing FOIA requests," and the parties eventually agreed to a provision that would limit Papadopoulos from filing any FOIA request during the pendency of Mueller's investigation.
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