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New York-based investigative journalist for Fox News Digital. Tips to [email protected]

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Grand juror Jessica Leslie has an initial appearance in federal court scheduled for Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. ET.
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Grand juror admits to leaking confidential information in Karen Read case
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RT @AlexisMcAdamsTV: NEW: Astronomer launches formal investigation after the CEO was spotted on the kiss cam with his head of HR. The duo….
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Accused UnitedHealthcare assassin Luigi Mangione's lawyers claim in court documents that NYC prosecutors used a fake subpoena to request his medical records, and Aetna allegedly turned them over, in violation of HIPAA law
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Here is Judge Hippler’s official order lifting the gag on Bryan Kohberger and the Idaho student murders #Idaho4
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RT @FoxNews: BREAKING: Lawyers for Luigi Mangione say the @ManhattanDA used a fake court date and a bogus subpoena to secretly get his medi….
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RT @FoxNews: BREAKING: @CBSNews cancels @colbertlateshow @StephenAtHome to end program in May 2026.
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Court adjourned. Kohberger is due back in court next week for sentencing.
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- Citing US Supreme Court in Garza v. Idaho.
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KEY: Hippler adds that under Idaho law, "When a defendant waives their right to appeal, it doesn't mean they don't have a right to appeal. ".
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Some redacted items will never be unsealed, including personally identifying information about minors and victims.
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This gives him time to review them individually, and he says he is more familiar with the filings made after the change of venue put the case in his courtroom.
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He says he plans to unseal documents in batches, starting with the newest filings, moving back in time toward the start of the case.
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Hippler says lifting the gag order does not lift his previous preservation order regarding the Dateline leaks earlier this year. It also does not unseal sealed documents. He is denying a separate motion to unseal almost 250 secret documents.
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He notes that lifting the order doesn't compel officials who don't want to speak to speak. Prosecutors have already said they won't until after sentencing.
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"I do not believe the purpose of the non-dissemination order. the primary purpose. is any longer at play." -- Judge Steven Hippler. He says lifting it will not meaningfully impact the defense's concerns.
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Kohberger's new San Francisco attorney Bicka Barlow is arguing against the media's First Amendment interest here.
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We are underway. Kohberger Zooming from the jail
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Kohberger's defense opposes this, in part because someone leaked something to Dateline in May. And also because of 'the ongoing publicity regarding the case and threats to Mr. Kohberger's safety.'
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Idaho prosecutors have dropped their support for the ongoing gag order surrounding the Bryan Kohberger case, now that he's admitted to the #Idaho4 murders. A hearing on the media's motion to vacate is starting soon and will stream here:
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Grand juror admits to leaking confidential information in Karen Read case
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