The “discovery” includes electronic documents in a variety of formats, and contains personal information or “sensitive financial ....''
The “discovery” includes electronic documents in a variety of formats, and contains personal information or “sensitive financial information.''The United States government has submitted a 97,000-page material in court as part of evidence of alleged fraud against Abidemi Rufai, a suspended aide of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State.
The voluminous material was produced at the U.S. District for the Western District of Washington at Tacoma, on July 26, a court filing obtained by“Discovery in this case is voluminous and complex,” the prosecution and the defence said in the document they jointly filed to ask for the postponement of the August 30 trial date.
The agreed application filed on August 3, 2021, apparently based its assessment of the complexity of the case on the volume and nature of the evidence filed by the prosecution.“In addition, the government is in the process of executing two additional electronic search warrants.It added that much of the material “contains personal identifying information or sensitive financial information.”
Considering the nature of the material, both parties agreed that a protective order is required to “restrict defendant’s review of the material to certain authorised places.” “Further, much of the material may need to be redacted before it can be provided to the defendant,” the document added.
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