A San Bernardino County judge Tuesday ruled that prosecutors can call numerous journalists to testify in the ongoing public corruption trials of a former county supervisor and others. Duffy Carolan, an attorney for the journalists, said she was hopeful similar agreements could be reached for the remaining reporters. Prosecutors want the reporters to testify about 56 statements contained in numerous articles published starting in 2005, as the corruption scandal unfolded. They had asked the judge to reject the subpoenas or to strictly limit questioning of the reporters to certain published statements. The case is being jointly prosecuted by county prosecutors and the state attorney general’s office.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 17, 2017 21:08 UTC