Mueller wants shroud on Van Der Zwaan records

[pnwmom]

Source: Courthouse News Service

WASHINGTON (CN) In one of the cases being prosecuted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the government asked a federal judge Monday to uphold a provision of a plea agreement that limits public access to the records.

The request to the court came one day before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson will sentence Alex Van Der Zwaan, who pleaded guilty on Feb. 14 to lying to FBI agents about his contacts with former Trump campaign associate Rick Gates.

As part of his plea deal, Van Der Zwaan had agreed to waive his right to receive or request information from the government pertaining to its investigation or prosecution of the case under the Privacy and Freedom of Information Acts.

Justice Department attorney Andrew Weissmann noted in a 3-page filing late Monday morning that the waiver serves manifold legitimate criminal-justice interests while minimally encumbering Van Der Zwaans rights for a period of limited duration.

Read more: https://www.courthousenews.com/mueller-wants-shroud-on-van-der-zwann-records/

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Mueller wants to prevent FOIA requests from interfering with his work by prematurely sharing some of what the investigation knows.

This is the document about the FOIA waiver that Mueller filed today.

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/vdz-doj-notice-plea-waiver.pdf

[UpInArms]

1. Hmmmmmm

Wish I knew what was in those documents

👀

[pnwmom]

4. It's better that we don't know -- to keep THEM from knowing. n/t

[truthisfreedom]

2. Tweetstorm in 3... 2... 1...

[RandySF]

3. That means he's got a big fish.

if not Orange Julius, then who?

[pnwmom]

5. The same waiver was in Gates's plea agreement.

And we've already learned that Mueller wasn't pressing Gates for information about Manafort. Manafort is done, and Mueller has bigger fish to fry.

[WheelWalker]

6. Like a sturgeon... caught for the very first time.