Judge Orders Cohen Campaign Finance Records Unsealed; Cites “Weighty Public Ramifications”

A New York judge has ordered the unsealing of records related to former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, now that prosecutors have concluded a spinoff investigation of the Trump Organization with no charges. 

“The campaign finance violations discussed in the Materials are a matter of national importance. Now that the Government’s investigation into those violations has concluded, it is time that every American has an opportunity to scrutinize the Materials,” wrote Judge William H. Pauley III – a Bill Clinton appointee.

“Indeed, the common law right of access—a right so enshrined in our identity that it “predate[s] even the Constitution itself”—derives from the public’s right to “learn of, monitor, and respond to the actions of their representatives and representative institutions.”,” Pauley added. 

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