Santos, the scandal-plagued freshman Republican congressman from New York, was indicted on 13 counts including money laundering and wire fraud.
The New York Times asked U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert to unseal the records identifying those people, who are referred to as suretors in court documents.
A consortium of news outlets, including NBC News, followed suit, arguing, "Rep. Santos cannot overcome the presumption of openness" afforded by the First Amendment and federal common law., pointing to the "media frenzy" that was swirling around the case. A federal magistrate judge sided with the news outlets but gave Santos time to appeal. His lawyer then asked Seybert if it would be possible to find a compromise, such as disclosing that the suretors were Santos' family members without identifying them specifically.
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