Federal Prosecutors Discussed 'Burying' Evidence In Troubled New York Case
The government acknowledged problems with sharing evidence with the defense, but prosecutors argue the missteps were inadvertent, not malicious. A judge is assessing the matter.
Federal prosecutors under scrutiny for failing to turn over favorable evidence to a defendant told a judge they didn't act in bad faith, even as they disclosed internal emails in which they discussed whether they might try to "bury" a document they were giving to defense lawyers in a stack of other papers.
Prosecutors in the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office made about the prosecution's failings and whether she had the power to impose sanctions against them.
