The United States government has denied seeking to bar Najib Abdul Razak from accessing 1MDB-linked documents and testimonies.

It has also rubbished allegation that it is in cahoots with Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs to prevent the former Malaysian prime minister from obtaining the material.

In a letter seen by Malaysiakini today, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed as baseless the allegation linked to the US government’s stay bid of a US court order for Goldman Sachs and its former staff Tim Leissner to supply the material to Najib.

Najib was earlier granted a subpoena by a court in the Southern District of New York...