http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/06/bryan-pagliano-hillary-clinton-emails-immunity-224015Clinton tech aide asks court to keep immunity deal secret
By Josh Gerstein
06/07/16 03:45 PM EDT
A former technology adviser to Hillary Clinton appears to be seeking to keep under wraps an immunity deal the aide reportedly reached with the Justice Department in its investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state.
A lawyer for Bryan Pagliano submitted a sealed motion and exhibits to U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan Tuesday afternoon, less than two hours before the 5 p.m. deadline Sullivan set for the filing of Pagliano's immunity agreement.
The docket entry reflecting the filing does not say specifically what documents were lodged with the court, describing them solely as a "sealed motion for leave to file document under seal" and two exhibits.
Pagliano's attorney, Mark MacDougall, declined to comment on the submission.
Pagliano was scheduled to be deposed on Monday in a Freedom of Information Act suit a conservative group, Judicial Watch, is pursuing over Clinton's email set-up.
However, Sullivan postponed the deposition after Pagliano's lawyers indicated the former tech aide planned to assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. In the judge's order delaying the testimony, he ordered Pagliano to file a legal explanation justifying his planned assertion as well as a copy of an immunity agreement under which the former Clinton aide reportedly gave testimony to the FBI about his role in the private server arrangement.
Now, Sullivan will have to decide whether the immunity agreement should be made public or kept under seal. Most court records are available to the public, but judges sometimes put them off limits for privacy reasons or to protect ongoing investigations.
