FBI Leak Judge Demands Progress Update on U.S. Probe of Agent
- Agent allegedly leaked probe of Billy Walters, Phil Mickelson
- DOJ report provides ‘no meaningful information,’ judge says
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Washington.
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A federal judge demanded that the Justice Department provide meaningful information about its probe of an FBI agent who is under scrutiny for leaking tips about an insider-trading investigation.
U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel, who oversaw the conviction of Las Vegas gambler Billy Walters, ordered the department’s Public Integrity Section in March to give him confidential quarterly reports on its investigation into leaks of grand jury material by Special Agent David Chaves. Castel said a report by the section’s acting chief provides "virtually no substance" and ordered another report within two weeks.