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 Clinton’s private email server, seeking more information about the aide’s 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 Clinton’s 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 Pagliano’s deposition session. Instead, Sullivan directed both sides to address by June 13 the legal authority for Pagliano’s 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 Pagliano’s 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 Clinton’s email setup.
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