Editorial: Judge retreats from ruling that clearly ran afoul of the First Amendment – STLtoday.com

Posted: December 22, 2021 at 12:41 am

Three days after Woods pulled back from his earlier ruling, the Times had resumed publishing details of how Project Veritas obtained the purloined diary and used extortionate methods to demand an interview with Joe Biden during his campaign. The Times was restricted from publishing its findings previously because Woods ruled some of the newspapers information fell under the rubric of attorney-client privilege. On Friday, the Times provided new details of the subterfuge behind the apparently stolen diary, now the subject of an FBI investigation.

Ashley Biden had been under treatment in Florida for addiction and had kept a diary at the time. She left a house she was sharing with a friend in Del Ray Beach, Florida, to join the Biden family in Pennsylvania in the presidential campaigns final days. She left behind a duffel bag and other belongings in the Florida house, including her diary. Another person found the dairy, which was later acquired by Project Veritas and presumably perused for juicy details to embarrass Biden before the election.

Project Veritas chief legal officer wrote to Biden and his campaign on Oct. 16, 2020, demanding an interview. If Veritas had not received a reply by Oct. 20, we will have no choice but to act unilaterally and reserve the right to disclose that you refused our offer to provide answers to the questions raised by your daughter in the diary, legal officer Jered T. Ede wrote, according to the Times. Those details smacked of attempted extortion using an apparently stolen diary more than adequate evidence to warrant an FBI investigation.

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