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Type: Court transcript
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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.

People (2)

Name Role Context
Ms. Comey Counsel (for the government)
Addresses the court as 'MS. COMEY' regarding issues with cross-examination topics for government witnesses.
THE COURT Judge
Responds to Ms. Comey's request to submit a briefing, instructing that further discussion is needed first.

Organizations (1)

Name Type Context
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. Company
Listed at the bottom of the transcript, likely the court reporting service that created the document.

Timeline (2 events)

2022-08-10
A discussion in court regarding procedural matters, specifically a dispute over the scope of cross-examination for government witnesses.
Courtroom
Ms. Comey THE COURT unnamed speaker
The government conferred with defense counsel regarding topics for cross-examination that the government believes are improper.
government counsel defense counsel

Relationships (2)

Ms. Comey (government) Professional/Adversarial defense counsel
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.
Ms. Comey Professional THE COURT
Ms. Comey addresses the court formally ('your Honor') and makes a procedural request, which the court considers and rules upon, demonstrating the formal relationship between counsel and the judiciary.

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."
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— THE COURT (The court's ruling on Ms. Comey's request to submit a briefing.)
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