Originally Posted by
Hawker400
This [Forkner] is the employee who pled the 5th some months ago?
I can see why
Yes, Forkner invoked the privilege in response to a grand jury subpoena for documents, according to an early September story in the Seattle Times. If the feds can't get the documents more easily some other way, it's a good bet that they will grant Forkner (at least limited) immunity, which would force him to turn them over. That may already have happened.
Forkner's cooperation is probably much more valuable to the investigation than any personal wrongdoing he could be charged wit.