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James A. Wolfe Litigation – News and Resources
Preston Burton, Lauren R. RandellA compilation of media coverage and developments:
Media Coverage
- Ex-Senate aide pleads guilty to lying to F.B.I. about contacts with reporter (New York Times, October 15, 2018)
- Top Senate aide pleads guilty to lying about press contacts (Law360, October 15, 2018)
- Former intelligence committee aide’s lawyers want testimony from senators (Wall Street Journal, July 27, 2018)
- No gag order on Trump in ex-Senate staffer's lying case (Law360, July 27, 2018)
- Senators bracing for subpoenas in criminal case of former Hill aide (CNN, July 26, 2018)
- Judge declines to issue gag order on Trump in case of former Senate intelligence staffer (Washington Post, July 26, 2018)
- A judge won't block Trump from talking about a former Senate intelligence staffer charged with lying to the FBI (BuzzFeed News, July 26, 2018)
- Judge refuses to gag Trump in case against Senate aide charged in leak probe (Politico, July 26, 2018)
- Judge shoots down bid to muzzle Trump on leaks case (Courthouse News Service, July 26, 2018)
- Trump gag order sought by attorneys for ex-Senate staffer James Wolfe (Washington Times, July 23, 2018)
- Trump finds a new weapon for his war on journalism — leak indictments aimed at smearing reporters (The Intercept, July 15, 2018)
- U.S. opposes gag order for Trump sought by Senate intelligence aide in leak probe case (Washington Post, July 12, 2018)
- Border agent who questioned reporter is investigated for computer misuse (The New York Times, July 12, 2018)
- A reporter who had her records seized wasn’t on a list of subpoenaed journalists the Justice Department sent to a senator (BuzzFeed News, July 11, 2018)
- Senate staffer charged with lying to FBI requests Trump gag order (CNN, June 19, 2018)
- U.S. prosecutors: Won’t subpoena journalists in James Wolfe leak probe case (Washington Post, June 19, 2018)
- The former Senate intel staffer charged with lying to the FBI wants a gag order for Trump (BuzzFeed News, June 19, 2018)
- Ex-Senate staffer seeks to gag Trump over 'leaker' remark (Law360, June 19, 2018 - Subscription required)
- Former Senate staffer pleads not guilty as lawyer seeks gag on officials, including Trump (ABC News, June 13, 2018)
- Ex-Senate staffer James Wolfe wants to gag 'glib' President Trump (NBC News, June 13, 2018)
- James Wolfe, former Senate Intelligence staffer, pleads not guilty (CBS News, June 13, 2018)
- Senate ex-staffer pleads not guilty to charge of lying to FBI in leaks probe (Wall Street Journal, June 13, 2018)
- Senate intelligence aide charged in U.S. leak probe pleads not guilty in District federal court (Washington Post, June 13, 2018)
- Senate aide accused of lying to F.B.I. pleads not guilty (The New York Times, June 13, 2018)
- Former Senate intelligence staffer pleads not guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with reporters (BuzzFeed News, June 13, 2018)
Developments
- Plea statement (October 15, 2018)
- Minute entry order: Status hearing scheduled for October 1, 2018, 11:00 am (September 6, 2018)
- Status Conference moved to September 6, 2018 (August 22, 2018)
- Judge rules on motion for an order governing extrajudicial statements (July 26, 2018)
- Reply in support of Motion re: Extrajudicial Statements (July 23, 2018)
- Government’s opposition to Buckley Sandler’s motion to prohibit further misleading and prejudicial statements by President Trump and others (July 12, 2018)
- Exhibit (July 12, 2018)
- Minute Entry - Setting Motion Hearing for August 23, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. (July 9, 2018)
- Order re: Setting Status Conference for July 26, 2018 (July 9, 2018)
- Buckley Sandler seeks order in James Wolfe case prohibiting further misleading and prejudicial statements by President Trump and others (June 19, 2018)
- Buckley Sandler to vigorously defend James A. Wolfe (June 13, 2018)
- To support James A. Wolfe, please visit his legal defense GoFundMe page (June 13, 2018)