Judge upholds warrant requiring Google to share contents of indicted Rand Paul aide's Gmail

1IOWA CITY, Iowa - A judge is upholding a warrant allowing investigators to search the email account of an indicted political operative who has worked for Rand Paul, Ron Paul and Mitch McConnell.
2Magistrate Judge Helen Adams rejected a request Monday by Jesse Benton to quash a warrant ordering Google Inc. to turn over the contents of his Gmail account.
3The decision means the government will get access to thousands of emails that Benton sent and received dating back to 2011.
4Benton had argued the warrant was overly broad and violated his privacy.
5His attorney argued the government was conducting a "fishing expedition."
6Benton and two other aides to Ron Paul's 2012 presidential campaign were indicted last week, accused of conspiring to buy the support of a state senator before that year's Iowa caucuses.