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Via Oregon Live:
The federal investigation into an FBI agent’s apparent firing of gunshots at Robert “LaVoy” Finicum and the alleged FBI tampering with evidence at the scene has gone to a grand jury.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Gorder Jr. revealed the grand jury hearing in court papers Thursday explaining the government’s desire to keep its memorandum about the inspector general’s investigation into the FBI’s handling of the Jan. 26 shooting out of the hands of defense lawyers.
“The Declaration provides details of an ongoing investigation by the United States Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General, and concerns matters occurring before the grand jury protected from disclosure,” Gorder wrote to the court. “The Declaration more fully describes to the Court alone the nature of the material which is the subject of defendants’ motion to compel and which the government contends should be denied from discovery.”
Gorder had previously asked U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown to allow the criminal division’s chief prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office to file a memo under seal and only with the judge concerning the investigation of the FBI agents.
Defense lawyers in the Oregon standoff case have asked the judge to compel the government to turn over the investigative records regarding the FBI’s alleged misconduct.
Late Wednesday, Brown said she’d allow prosecutors to file the memo under seal, but ruled it must be shared with defense lawyers. She said, however, that she would allow the government to make further argument why it shouldn’t be shared with the defense.