"There is undoubtedly a public interest in courts not inserting themselves into elections, or appearing to do so," Chutkan wrote in her decision Thursday.
"But litigation's incidental effects on politics are not the same as a court's intentional interference with them," she continued.
"If the court withheld information that the public otherwise had a right to access solely because of the potential political consequences of releasing it, that withholding could itself constitute -or appear to be- election interference," she added.
"The court will therefore continue to keep political considerations out of its decision-making, rather than incorporating them as Defendant requests."
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