A Utah lawyer suing the FBI over his public records request for surveillance videos from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing says one of his witnesses backed out after being visited by government officials last week.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports Utah attorney Jesse Trentadue made the accusation Tuesday to U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups during the second day of the trial.
Waddoups agreed with Trentadue that it was a serious matter and ordered lawyers representing the FBI to find out if anyone told John Matthews not to testify. The attorneys said they were unaware of what happened.
Trentadue says Matthews was set to testify about a government operation that had ties to the Oklahoma City bombing investigation.
