WaPo: "U.S. judge delays deposition, directs Clinton aide to detail immunity deal in email probe"
U.S. judge delays deposition, directs Clinton aide to detail immunity deal in email probe
By Spencer S. Hsu June 3 at 7:49 PM
A federal judge Friday postponed a deposition of a former State Department staffer who helped set up Hillary Clintons private email server, seeking more information about the aides immunity agreement with federal prosecutors and his claim to a Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in a civil lawsuit.
Attorneys for technology specialist Bryan Pagliano had also asked U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the District to bar audio or video recording of the deposition, originally planned for Monday before lawyers with the conservative legal advocacy group Judicial Watch. The group is seeking to have Pagliano answer questions under oath as part of its lawsuit probing whether Clintons email arrangement when she was secretary of state thwarted the Freedom of Information Act and the release of public records.
Sullivan did not rule on that request to bar recording Paglianos deposition session. Instead, Sullivan directed both sides to address by June 13 the legal authority for Paglianos constitutional claim against self-incrimination.
Counsel for Mr. Pagliano shall file a Memorandum of Law addressing the legal authority upon which Mr. Pagliano relies to assert his Fifth Amendment rights in this civil proceeding, Sullivan ordered in a brief note in the court docket Friday afternoon.
Sullivan also told Paglianos lawyers to include requisite details pertaining to the scope of an immunity agreement reported by The Washington Post in March, reached between him and the Justice Department in an FBI criminal investigation of the handling of classified information in Clintons email setup.
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