This refers to a “legal complaint” but doesn’t say if or where it was filed and the document very oddly has no court caption identifying where it was filed and is formatted differently than a complaint filed in court. /1
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wnq5zrvcdraakbiw77x6atog/post/3ldtecsloz22z
/2 moreover the story refers to a subpoena but doesn’t identify the legal process that allowed a subpoena to be issued. Not confident NYT has this right.
/3 there’s also no signature block at the end of the “complaint.” I’m wondering if this is just a press release from lawyers in some light legal cosplay. Like when someone writes angry letter to D.O.J. and the press calls it “filed a criminal complaint.”
@kenwhite.bsky.social just goes to emphasize that we should press reporters to provide citations to such public information.
There is no reason in the world that any report about a court case doesn't provide a quick and easy link to the case itself.
But the norm, unfortunately, is for them to provide their interpretation without any link for you to follow up for more.
