Judge Rules Young Must Answer Reporters’ Questions
Former Governor Mike Easley’s former legal aid will have to answer reporters’ questions under oath a District Court Judge ruled Thursday.
The News & Observer reports:
TweetRALEIGH — Reuben Young, once the chief legal adviser for former Gov. Mike Easley, must sit down with lawyers representing several media outlets and be interviewed under oath about whether e-mail messages about public business were ordered to be destroyed while Easley was in office.
Wake County Superior Court Judge Howard Manning issued an order Thursday giving lawyers for The News & Observer, The Charlotte Observer, other news organizations and the John Locke Foundation permission to interview Young, now the state secretary of crime control and public safety, under oath.
The scope of the questioning is to be limited to issues in the lawsuit, filed in 2008.
The media outlets sued Easley and four top aides for access to e-mail to and from Easley’s office after a fired spokeswoman said that staffers were told to routinely delete e-mail to and from the governor’s office.
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