COURT ENORTH CAROLINA. N-THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE COUNTY OF WAKE, SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION I4evs 3017 Inxe: SEARCH WARRANTS AND ‘RELATED DOCUMENTS SEALED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTIGATION SBI CASE: 2018. ogi, ORDER ‘THIS CAUSE came before the undersigned on an Unopposed Motion for Teave to Intervene and to Vacate or Modify Sealed Search Warrants and Attendant Court Records Sled by Raycom Media Licensee, LLC dba WBTV and WECT: Capitol Broadcasting Company, Icorpratod dsm WRAL-TV; The News ana Observer Publishing Company N&O") dn The News & Observe; Th Chase Observer Publishing Company dha The Charlote Obese; The Asie Pres NesstarBroadnsting, Ine. fla WNCN-TV CBS, WIVD Televikion LC: WUNG, HC; WSOC Tlevsion, LLC; The New York Times; the Tabor Loria Thbune, Phe Washington Pst; and Spectrum NLP, LLC (he ‘Motion’ ‘Having reviewed the Motion, its arguments and the positions ofthe Distriet ‘Attorney and counsel for McCrae Dowless reflected therein, th Court finds that The reasons justifing tho sealing orders persist, and the Motion 18 DeNtED, 24 The argument in favor of publi assess outweigh the need for sealing and ‘he Motion IS GRANTED, The public immediately shall have ewes tothe search ‘warrants and all related documents, including but not limited tothe application(s)forthe warrants; any affidavits supporting the application(); documens listing all tems seized pursuant to the warrant(a); any motion(s) to seal records or ‘procoodings in this matter; and transcripts of any hearing related to the search Warrants or sealing of the search warrants, ie ‘80 ORDERED, this the _((* day of March, 2018,