Will Allison Lawter testify against Joe Kent?
Judge Trevor McFadden will decide whether Allison Lawter must testify before a Grand Jury about her digital communications with Joe Kent.
McFadden’s decision is imminent.
He is a federal district court judge in the District of Columbia.
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Allison Lawter, former Chief Division Counsel for the FBI
Allison Lawter's arrest was on Friday morning at her home in McLean, Virginia, as she was packing boxes of classified documents in her car.
Like Joe Kent, she leaked classified information to the media.
Lawter was the former Chief Division Counsel for the FBI's Washington Field Office (WFO).
Since her arrest, Allison has been on “Indefinite Suspension Without Pay.”
She is in an isolation cell at the Federal Pre-Trial Detention Center in Alexandria, VA.
Lawter has no bond and is subject to restricted visitation rights per court order.
Joe Kent, former Director of the National Counterintelligence Center
Kent is the former Director of the National Counterintelligence.
He resigned on Thursday.
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According to President Donald J. Trump, Joe has been under investigation for months for leaking classified information.
Allison’s arraignment is on April 3rd.
By then, prosecutors anticipate her copping a plea to charges like Espionage and other “unauthorized disclosures” of classified information.
“Information" is a formal criminal charging document filed by a prosecutor that outlines crimes that a defendant accepts without a Grand Jury's indictment.
The document is a sworn statement listing the:
accused
crime, and
facts.
It accompanies her signed sworn statement of the crimes and facts she is pleading guilty to.
It expedites an immediate plea bargain.
Sentencing will be months later.
On April 14th, Judge McFadden will rule on the admissibility of Kent’s seized digital communications.
Later next month, the judge will set trial dates for criminal charges against Kent.
McFadden has denied the prosecutors’ request for more time.
“The court’s calendar is not subject to the DOJ’s hiring pace.”
The Justice Department doesn’t have enough prosecutors.
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