A federal judge urged prosecutors to explain their position in contempt proceedings linked to the once-secret criminal history of an informant, and he chastised the government for appearing to “take lightly the risk of harm created by failing to protect” the man.
After The Associated Press moved to intervene and unseal portions of Felix Sater’s civil contempt motion against attorneys Frederick Oberlander and Richard Lerner—alleging they disobeyed court orders and disseminated sealed documents outing him as a cooperator—Eastern District Judge Brian Cogan ordered prosecutors to tell him why documents in the action should not be publicly accessible.
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