Press-related prosecutions under the Espionage Act
Legal filings in Espionage Act prosecutions of individuals accused of disclosing information to the press and public
This Reading Room contains key court filings related to all Espionage Act prosecutions of those accused of disclosing information to the press or to the general public. Passed more than a century ago, the Espionage Act has long been used by the government to prosecute whistleblowers for disclosing information to the press. Recently, there has been an uptick in these prosecutions under the Obama and Trump administrations, which have charged more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act than all prior administrations combined. For an interactive graph and chart of all press-related prosecutions under the Espionage Act, click here.
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Hale Consolidated Resp. re: Gov't Mots. in Lim., United States v. Hale, No. 1:19-cr-0059 (E.D. Va. Sept. 30, 2019)
Hale's consolidated response brief re: Government motions in limine.
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Hale Opp'n re: Gov't Mot. in Lim. re: Redaction of Government Exhibits, United States v. Hale, No. 1:19-cr-0059 (E.D. Va. Sept. 30, 2019)
Hale's opposition re: Government's motion in limine to allow the redaction from government exhibits of pages that were printed but not published.
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Amicus Br. (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press), United States v. Hale, No. 1:19-cr-0059 (E.D. Va. Sept. 23, 2019)
Amicus brief of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in support of Hale motion to dismiss the indictment.
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Gov't Mot. in Lim. re: Challenges to Official Classification Determination, United States v. Hale, No. 1:19-cr-0059 (E.D. Va. Sept. 16, 2019)
Government's motion in limine concerning challenges to official classification determination.
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Gov't Mot. in Lim. re: Redaction of Government Exhibits, United States v. Hale, No. 1:19-cr-0059 (E.D. Va. Sept. 16, 2019)
Government's motion in limine to allow the redaction from government exhibits of pages that were printed but not published.
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Gov't Mot. in Lim. re: Certain Evidence, Argument, or Comment at Trial, United States v. Hale, No. 1:19-cr-0059 (E.D. Va. Sept. 16, 2019)
Government's motion in limine to exclude certain evidence, argument, or comment at trial.
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Hale Mot. for a Bill of Particulars, United States v. Hale, No. 1:19-cr-0059 (E.D. Va. Sept. 16, 2019)
Hale's motion for a bill of particulars.
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Hale Mot. to Dismiss, United States v. Hale, No. 1:19-cr-0059 (E.D. Va. Sept. 16, 2019)
Hale's motion to dismiss the indictment, arguing that the Sections of the Espionage Act that he is charged under violate the First Amendment.
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District Ct. Op., United States v. Schulte, No. 1:17-cr-00548 (S.D.N.Y. July 22, 2019)
District court's partial grant of the Government's motion pursuant to CIPA that it need not produce certain materials containing classified information.
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Superseding Indictment re: Julian Assange, United States v. Assange, No. 1:18-cr-111 (E.D. Va. May 23, 2019)
Grand jury indictment charging Assange under Sections 793(b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) of the Espionage Act.