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Mr Hamilton ultimately concluded that Ms Sturgeon had not breached the code, although he voiced frustration that parts of his final report were heavily redacted for legal reasons.

Following a public records request, the agency last week provided 57 records for dogs imported into California, but the names and addresses of who ordered the animals were redacted.

But the petition filed with the court, though heavily redacted, makes clear that Gascón and the defense attorneys have identified other suspects as the likely perpetrators.

But their names and the names of all witnesses, including those referred to as co-conspirators, were redacted.

The heavily redacted filing came in four parts totaling nearly 2,000 pages of evidence.