Trump Special Counsel Fends Off Effort to Disclose Employee List

The US special counsel investigating Donald Trump doesn’t have to hand over the names of his employees to conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, a federal judge ruled.

The rosters of Jack Smith’s workers fall under a Freedom of Information Act exemption for records related to law enforcement proceedings, the US District Court for the District of Columbia said Wednesday.

Judge Christopher R. Cooper granted summary judgment to the US Department of Justice in Judicial Watch’s suit seeking the information.

Judicial Watch filed a complaint in the D.C. federal court last year arguing the Justice Department violated the FOIA by not ...