Reggie Walton

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Even the most widespread rumors are often inaccurate in part if not in whole. The court's only point is that otherwise unreliable hearsay cannot be deemed reliable because there is other unreliable hearsay to the same effect.

Mueller Report redactions

On August 5, 2019, Politico reported that while hearing arguments regarding lawsuits by BuzzFeed and the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center, as they sought to reveal the approximately 1,000 redacted items in the publicly-released edition of former special counsel Robert Mueller's report, Walton indicated that he would review the redactions before determining whether to make them public. [24]

On March 5, 2020, Walton described Attorney General William Barr's public statements about the Mueller report as "misleading," and said that Barr's representations regarding DOJ redactions from the report could not be credited. He directed the DOJ to submit the unredacted version of the Mueller Report to the Court for in camera review. [25]

On October 6, 2020, President Trump, referencing the Mueller report, tweeted "I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax”.[ citation needed ] In response to the President's statement, BuzzFeed requested an unredacted version of the report; however, BuzzFeed's request for an unredacted report was denied by the DOJ. The DOJ told Walton that “the President's statements on Twitter were not self-executing declassification orders...” To clear up the position of the President, Walton ordered a continuance until October 21, 2020 so, “I can get something from White House counsel saying that they conferred with the president, and the president, in fact, did not intend to declassify the information...” [26]

United States v. Bergdahl

On July 25, 2023, the Associated Press reported that Judge Walton vacated the sentence due to Judge Jeffery Nance's failure to report an application to the executive branch as an immigration judge; however, Judge Walton rejected the defense's claim of undue command influence due to Mr. Donald Trump's comments during his campaign trail in 2016. [27]

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References

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  3. Ackerman, Spencer (2013-06-06). "Fisa chief judge defends integrity of court over Verizon records collection". The Guardian. Washington DC . Retrieved 2013-07-01. In the wake of the Guardian's revelations, Reggie Walton, presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Fisa), said claims that the body was unduly acquiescent to the government's requests for surveillance orders were "absolutely false".
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  14. "Tripoli Rocketry Association and National Association of Rocketry v. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms" (PDF). United States District Court for the District of Columbia. March 16, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
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  17. Gerstein, Josh (2016-10-04). "Judge won't release drafts of Hillary Clinton Whitewater indictment". Politico . Retrieved 2016-10-07.
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  19. "Exhibit C: List of No Longer Enemy Combant Detainees With Pending Habeas Corpus Petitions Who Have Been Released From United States Custody" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. April 17, 2007. p. 64. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  20. "Anthrax 'person of interest' sues Ashcroft, FBI", CNN , 27 August 2003.
  21. Gerstein, Josh. "Judge Urges Hatfill To Compel Outing of Sources" Archived 2007-04-17 at the Wayback Machine , The New York Sun , April 4, 2007, accessed June 23, 2007.
  22. Josh Gerstein, "Free Press Battle Looms in Hatfill Case" Archived 2007-06-29 at the Wayback Machine , The New York Sun , April 18, 2007, accessed June 23, 2007.
  23. Pelofsky, Jeremy (2009-08-19). "Obama Admin to Transfer Six Guantanamo Prisoners". Reuters. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  24. Samuelsohn, Darren, Judge signals interest in removing Mueller report redactions , Politico, August 5, 2019.
  25. Hsu, Spencer S. & Barrett, Devlin Judge cites Barr's 'misleading' statements in ordering review of Mueller report redactions
  26. "Judge orders DOJ to find out if Trump's declassification tweets mean entire Mueller report should be released". MSN .
  27. Barakat, Matthew, , Associated Press, July 25, 2023.
Reggie Walton
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Walton in 2021
Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
In office
February 22, 2013 May 19, 2014
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
2001–2015
Succeeded by
Preceded by Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
2007–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded byPresiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
2013–2014
Succeeded by