A federal judge this week stepped in to prevent the Pima County Sheriff’s Office from disclosing a boatload of investigative documents in the Jared Loughner case to the Pulizer Prize winning Washington Post reporter who had been suspended by the newspaper after admitting to plagiarizing several graphs of an Arizona Republic story.The judge issued an order prohibiting the Pima County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) “from releasing its investigative files concerning defendant Loughner to The Washington Post or any other media or private requestor until the trial in this matter is complete.” The judge’s decision was unrelated to the suspension of Sari Horwitz, who requested the records on Jan. 25, according to a March 4 follow up letter from a lawyer working for the Post to a Pima County Sheriff public information officer.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=113420