By Ryan Knappenberger | Courthouse News
A federal judge on Thursday issued a temporary stay to prevent the Justice Department from publicizing or sharing with other government agencies the results of an internal survey listing the FBI employees who worked on the Jan. 6, 2021, and classified documents case.
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb issued the administrative stay until she could hear further arguments at an 11 a.m. Friday hearing and determine whether the Justice Department would agree to a consent order and provide the agents prior notice before taking any steps to share the list outside the department.
The Joe Biden appointee scheduled Thursday’s hearing, which required several hourslong breaks for the parties to confer in an effort to hash out a consent order, to determine whether she had the authority to issue a temporary restraining order against the Justice Department.