politics
Southern Poverty Law Center asks judge to weigh sanctions against DOJ for sending unsigned copy of indictment to media
The Southern Poverty Law Center asked a federal judge on Wednesday to consider sanctioning federal prosecutors, after the Justice Department shared an unsigned and unstamped copy of a superseding indictment against the nonprofit with members of the media.
TL;DR
- The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is asking a federal judge to sanction federal prosecutors.
- The Justice Department allegedly shared an unsigned and unstamped copy of a superseding indictment against the SPLC with the media.
- The SPLC claims this distribution violates federal grand jury secrecy rules and occurred before the indictment was publicly docketed.
- The SPLC argues this action prejudices their case by creating a one-sided narrative before they can respond.
- The version shared with the media contained metadata and some language not present in the officially returned indictment.