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Summary
This court transcript excerpt from August 10, 2022, details a procedural discussion where government counsel, Ms. Comey, raises an issue with the court. She explains that the defense intends to cross-examine government witnesses on topics the government deems improper—including sensitive personal information and old criminal convictions—and requests to submit a written briefing on the matter. The court agrees but requires the parties to first attempt to resolve and narrow their dispute through further discussion.
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | Company |
Listed at the bottom of the transcript, likely the court reporting service that created the document.
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The government conferred with defense counsel regarding topics for cross-examination that the government believes are improper.
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The document details a disagreement between the government, represented by Ms. Comey, and the defense counsel over the scope of witness cross-examination, which is a standard adversarial interaction in a legal proceeding.
Key Quotes (3)
"On Friday afternoon, the government conferred with defense counsel. We presented about a dozen topics that we believe are clearly improper topics for cross-examination."Source
— Ms. Comey
(Explaining to the court the origin of the dispute with defense counsel over cross-examination topics.)
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"Because there are many of them and because they include things like criminal convictions that are beyond the scope of 609 and other personal information that might either identify anonymized witnesses or embarrass witnesses, we would ask to be able to submit briefing rather than raise those issues on the public record."Source
— Ms. Comey
(Justifying the request to submit a written briefing on the disputed cross-examination topics.)
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"You can, but not until you have further discussion and narrow disputes, because that's going to happen."Source
— THE COURT
(The court's ruling on Ms. Comey's request to submit a briefing.)
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