"Attorney General James' original request asked Judge Jamal Walker to order the government to do three things: Abstain from further extrajudicial statements like Lindsey's Signal stalking of Bower Follow rules and laws requiring prosecutors (and Federal employees generally) to retain their communications Create and maintain a log of all contact between any government attorney or agent on this case and any member of the news media"
"As Lawfare's excellent trial dispatch from Molly Roberts described, when initially presented with this question, loaner AUSA Keller - "a civil litigation lawyer by training," Roberts helpfully noted - got hung up on a contact log tracking not just with the reporters Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer spoke to, but also with whom others (this is implicit, but let me make it more obvious) like Eagle Ed Martin did."
Attorney General Tish James asked Judge Jamal Walker to order the government to abstain from extrajudicial statements like Lindsey Halligan's Signal stalking of Anna Bower, to follow rules requiring prosecutors and federal employees to retain communications, and to create and maintain a log of all contact between any government attorney or agent on the case and any member of the news media. Loaner AUSA Roger Keller, a civil litigation lawyer by training, resisted the proposed contact-log scope and suggested reciprocal obligations for the defense; Abbe Lowell and Judge Walker reportedly pushed back. A separate motion sought to bar disclosure of investigative materials and cited texts Halligan sent to reporter Anna Bower, alleging a Rule 6(e) violation.
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