Senator Whitehouse defends Chief Judge Boasberg, says standard procedure that the identities of individuals were not disclosed when subpoenas were approved
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse says opening a hearing on District of Columbia District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg and Maryland District Court Judge Deborah Boardman that critics confused toll records with wiretaps in attacking Judge Boasberg, and that the judge neither knew whose records were involved nor approved subpoenas because prosecutors withheld identifying information as part of standard practice.
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