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U.S. Rep. Bob Brady - Motion To Unseal Documents 11/17/17
U.S. Rep. Bob Brady - Motion To Unseal Documents 11/17/17
CERTAIN PREMISES
~ UNSEALING ORDER
ORDERED
that all of the filed documents and docket entries in this case, including this Order, the
docket papers are unsealed and unimpounded. The Court enters this Order because,
although the government set forth a compelling need for sealing its application and
CERTAIN PREMISES
The United States of America, by and through its attorneys, Louis D. Lappen,
United States Attorney in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Eric L.
Gibson, Assistant United States Attorney for the District, moves to unimpound and
unseal the documents filed with the Court in connection with its application for a search
warrant, including the application and affidavit and inventory, and in support of its
That application was granted by the Honorable Carol Sandra Moore Wells and the
2. At that time of the issuance of the search warrant, the government sought
to seal its application, affidavit, and other associated documents, on the ground that their
The sealing aimed to protect the ongoing criminal investigation, which investigations are
traditionally conducted in secret. This secrecy protects the interests of targets and
4. This Court issued the search warrant and granted the motion to seal.
indictment that names Kenneth Smukler and Donald Jones, as defendants. Thus, some of
6. At the same time, the agent's affidavit is the kind of document that the
unimpound and unseal its application, affidavit and other associated documents be
granted and that those documents, along with all related docket entries, be unimpounded
and unsealed.
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS D. LAPPEN