Budnick’s attorneys filed a motion to make them public. Michael Blake, who prosecuted Diaz’s case, dismissed suggestions that Biddle’s actions were retaliatory. Budnick’s attorneys described the actions as flagrant government overreach. In one, he accused the defense attorneys of providing false information to the judge handling Diaz’s case and failing to disclose that the producer recruited them. He sought to keep the transfer secret from Diaz’s attorneys.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 15, 2019 14:03 UTC