Federal Judge Orders FBI To Release Disturbed Trans Covenant School Shooter’s Manifesto

On Friday, a federal judge ordered the FBI to turn over ALL documents related to the deranged transgender Covenant School shooter to a news outlet for independent review.

This includes the manifesto of Audrey Elizabeth Hale — the disturbed trans killer who murdered six victims at the Covenant School in Nashville, TN on March 27, 2023.

Take a look at the breaking news:

🚨A federal judge ordered the FBI to provide Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale's manifesto. pic.twitter.com/3LC1QH1JK1

— AJ Huber (@Huberton) March 16, 2024

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Afederal judge ordered the FBI to provide Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale's manifesto and other documents for a private review as part of a lawsuit from Star News Digital Media Inc., the parent company of The Tennessee Star.

— WetGeek (@WetGeek) March 16, 2024

The judge’s order to release Hale’s manifesto is part of a lawsuit from Nashville news outlet Star News Digital Media Inc, which is the parent company of The Tennessee Star.

Last year, Star News filed a lawsuit against the FBI for violating the First Amendment by refusing to release the manifesto under numerous FOIA requests.

The Tennessee Star originally reported:

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to turn over all documents related to Covenant School shooter Audrey Elizabeth Hale, including the killer’s manifesto, for a private review of materials.

The FBI was ordered to turn over the materials as part of the nationally watched lawsuit brought by plaintiffs Star News Digital Media Inc., the parent company of The Tennessee Star, and Michael Patrick Leahy, a resident of Tennessee and CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Star News Digital Media and journalist Matt Kittle. The plaintiffs are seeking the release of Hale’s manifesto.

U.S. District Court Judge Aleta A. Trauger cited in her order a “significant public interest” in the case and determined there is not enough information to justify siding with the FBI.

Trauger wrote in her three-page order, “The court also finds that the significant public interest in both the requested materials and the law enforcement objectives asserted by the FBI support in camera review and that no showing has been made that the requested materials will be so voluminous that they would pose a significant danger to judicial economy.”

Additionally, the judge denied the FBI’s request for summary judgment and wrote the agency’s “assertions cannot be evaluated adequately based on the available materials and that, although the FBI’s position may ultimately be well-founded, it has not supported that position with sufficient clarity or detail” for Trauger to make a final judgment in the case.

Attorney Daniel Lennington of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL), who represents Star News in the lawsuit, called Trauger’s order a “promising development” in a statement.

“This is a very promising development,” said Lennington. “Someone is finally holding the FBI accountable for its handling of the manifesto. The people have a right to know what motivated the Nashville Shooter, and we are step closer to finding out more information.”

Hale’s manifesto is reportedly is full of violent, anti-Christian and racist language.

Parts of the alleged manifesto were leaked online by Steven Crowder:

But, up until now, there has been no official release.

Why do you think that is?

Has the FBI been busy at work with it?

Covenant Shooters Manifesto after @FBI is ordered to release it pic.twitter.com/IrSidasxKF

— Heatherheather007 (@LibertyValkyrie) March 16, 2024

Our friends over at The Gateway Pundit shared some additional insight:

Seven Nashville police officers were placed on administrative leave following the unauthorized leak of the ‘manifesto’ of school shooter Audrey Hale, who fatally shot three nine-year-olds and three teachers before being shot dead by police.

The alleged manifesto was leaked to conservative media personality Steven Crowder.

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The manifesto, which was shrouded in secrecy since the shooting, revealed Hale’s plan to target ‘little crackers’ and ‘white privileged’ individuals, which sparked a heated debate over whether it should be made public.

The local authorities and FBI refused to release the manifesto to the public following the mass shooting by Hale in March.

Previously, Nashville Police told FOX News in late April that they would finally release the manifesto of the trans shooter that they recovered from her car following the attack on March 27, 2023.

The release of the manifesto was delayed again in early May. Michael LaChance reported, “The excuse this time is that there is ‘pending litigation’ around the document. Does anyone believe any of this?”

The Daily Mail reported in May that the manifesto is now in the judge’s hands.