Her personal laptop probably had the juiciest love letters to you know who…also the most explicit confessions of misconduct and lawbreaking. Will it matter? Who knows? I’m seriously asking… who knows?
DOVER, Del. – A Delaware judge has chastised prosecutors for failing to turn over information to the defense in a criminal corruption case against State Auditor Kathy McGuiness, issuing a ruling that also exposed weaknesses in the state’s cyber forensic capabilities.
In a ruling on Wednesday, Superior Court Judge William Carpenter Jr. prohibited prosecutors from using material from three laptops that were seized during a search of McGuiness’ officer in September 2021. Carpenter said that prohibition was an appropriate sanction for prosecutors’ failure to provide information contained on laptops to the defense until April 6th, more than six months after the search.
However, Carpenter refused to grant a defense motion to dismiss the indictment against McGuiness.