Justice Ginsburg Cancer Treatment Leak Prosecution: Blame the Cat

Justice Ginsburg Cancer Treatment Leak Prosecution: Blame the Cat

From U.S. v. Russell, decided Tuesday by Fourth Circuit Chief Judge Albert Diaz, joined by Judges Robert King and Stephanie Thacker: Before Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away, … [i]n January 2019, employees at George Washington University Hospital discovered a Twitter post that revealed information about Justice Ginsburg's recent visits to the hospital. The post contained a screenshot of the hospital's patient search screen, w…

Cat Blamed for Crime

Law360 reports that the Fourth Circuit has affirmed the conviction of a man who illegally accessed and leaked the private health information of former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In United States v. Russell, the court held it was not an abuse of discretion to deny Russell’s motion to exclude statements he made to federal agents during an interview. Those statements included Russell’s attempt to blame his cat for the incriminating search term, “…