Goldstein Shouldn’t Compel Grand Jury Testimony, DOJ Says (1)

Federal prosecutors and SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein are at odds over why he offered cryptocurrency to a potential witness in his criminal tax evasion case.

Goldstein hasn’t shown the “particularized need” to justify his “extraordinary” request that the government disclose grand jury testimony about the offer, prosecutors said.

The government opposed Goldstein’s motion to compel the testimony in his ongoing tax evasion case, saying there is “strikingly little need” for disclosure of the testimony. Department of Justice officials told the US District Court for the District of Maryland that it should deny the emergency motion, or alternatively, that the court ...