BEND, Ore. (AP) — The Deschutes County district attorney has issued a subpoena to a Bend Bulletin newspaper reporter after county employees released unredacted personal information from the applications of recent hires in the district attorney’s office.
Reporter Hillary Borrud was issued the subpoena on Tuesday, the Bulletin reports.
District Attorney Patrick Flaherty subpoenaed at least three county employees Monday to appear before a grand jury after a Feb. 22 request from the newspaper to see applications of recent hires. Some employees’ driver’s license numbers were included in the response.
Flaherty says county staff of broke the law, asked for the materials back and asked the paper not to use any information in the records.
Bulletin Editor-in-chief John Costa says the newspaper will go to court to defend its actions, and denounced Flaherty’s subpoenas.
