Magistrate Orders Discovery In Wiretap Act Suit Over Campaign’s Stolen Emails

Mealey's (May 18, 2016, 10:22 AM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two purported journalists must respond to most of the discovery interrogatives and requests served on them in a lawsuit brought against them for allegedly participating in the disclosure of stolen emails, with a New Mexico federal magistrate judge on May 13 finding that the defendants largely failed to support their objections under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and certain asserted privileges afforded to members of the press (Crystal Amaya, et al. v. Sam Bregman, et al., No. 1:14-cv-00599, D. N.M.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63588)....