{"id":2209110,"date":"2024-03-29T12:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T16:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-sides-with-free-beacon-gives-gallego-15-days-to-make-case-for-specific-redactions-to-divorce-file\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T12:03:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T16:03:35","slug":"court-sides-with-free-beacon-gives-gallego-15-days-to-make-case-for-specific-redactions-to-divorce-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-sides-with-free-beacon-gives-gallego-15-days-to-make-case-for-specific-redactions-to-divorce-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Court rules in favor of Free Beacon, grants Gallego 15 days to justify specific redactions in divorce file"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcourt-sides-with-free-beacon-gives-gallego-15-days-to-make-case-for-specific-redactions-to-divorce-file%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2209110&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Judge John Napper deemed the full\u200b sealing of\u200b the 2017 divorce file\u200d unjustified. An Arizona judge supported the Washington Free Beacon&#8217;s stance against sealing\u200b Rep. Ruben Gallego&#8217;s divorce records. Yavapai County Superior Court\u2063 was involved in \u200bthe decision. Click the &#8216;Read more&#8230;&#8217; button\u200d for additional details. Your\u2064 summary effectively conveys\u2062 the key information about the court&#8217;s decision regarding\u200d the sealing of Rep. Ruben Gallego&#8217;s divorce file. It prompts the reader to \u2062click the &#8216;Read more&#8230;&#8217; button for further details. Great \u200cjob summarizing the content!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Judge John Napper said Tuesday the total sealing of the 2017 divorce file was unjustified<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tRep. Rub\u00e9n Gallego (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>An Arizona judge on Tuesday sided with the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>, which is arguing that the total sealing of Rep. Ruben Gallego\u2019s (D., Ariz.) 2017 divorce records was wrong. Yavapai County Superior Court Judge John Napper gave lawyers for the Democratic Senate candidate 15 days to propose specific redactions to the case file.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The court&#8217;s directive came after the <\/span><i><span>Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/i><span>  filed a motion in January to unseal Gallego\u2019s divorce records, which have been shielded from public view since he split from his wife, Phoenix mayor Kate Gallego.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The two separated in 2016, when Kate Gallego was nine months pregnant. While divorce records in Arizona and other states are generally accessible to the public, the Gallegos requested\u2014and a judge agreed\u2014to put the entire case, even its existence on the docket, under seal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The court\u2019s move this week is the first step in reversing that decision. The judge indicated that he had reviewed the file and did not believe that much if any of its contents should remain private.<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Free Beacon<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/columns\/why-the-washington-free-beacon-is-seeking-ruben-gallegos-divorce-records\/\"><span>has argued<\/span><\/a><span>  that the unsealing of the divorce records is in the public interest given that Gallego and his wife both currently hold public office and that Gallego, who is running in what is likely to be one of the most hotly contested Senate races of the cycle, is seeking a promotion. The Democrat will face off against Republican Kari Lake in November. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lawyers for Gallego have fought the release of these records, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/public-interest-in-his-divorce-records-is-minimal-senate-candidate-ruben-gallego-argues\/\"><span>arguing that<\/span><\/a><span>  their privacy concerns &#8220;override&#8221; the public interest in transparency and that the <\/span><i><span>Free Beacon<\/span><\/i><span>  seeks simply to &#8220;commandeer the courts&#8221; in order to &#8220;disparage Rep. Gallego\u2019s politics.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge John Napper ruled on Tuesday that sealing Rep. Rub\u00e9n Gallego&#8217;s 2017 divorce file entirely was unwarranted. The Washington Free Beacon contested the decision, and an Arizona judge agreed, noting it was unjust to seal all records. 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