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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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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.
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"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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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 739 Filed 08/10/22 Page 3 of 43 3
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1 I got supplemental briefing on to discuss. The motion in
2 limine 7 of the defense, which is Government Exhibit 52, I got
3 supplemental briefing on that; supplemental briefing on a few
4 exemplars of co-conspirator statements; the remaining disclosed
5 defense experts perhaps, so we'll discuss that. I have a few
6 other things just to tick off the list, and go over logistics
7 for Monday, and take your questions or hear your issues.
8 Ms. Comey, anything before we get underway?
9 MS. COMEY: Yes, your Honor. We do have a few issues
10 to raise. The first is that unfortunately I do think we will
11 need to ask for a briefing schedule to preclude
12 cross-examination on certain topics of government witnesses.
13 On Friday afternoon, the government conferred with defense
14 counsel. We presented about a dozen topics that we believe are
15 clearly improper topics for cross-examination. Yesterday
16 defense counsel told us that they're not in a position to tell
17 us that they will not cross on any of those topics. Because
18 there are many of them and because they include things like
19 criminal convictions that are beyond the scope of 609 and other
20 personal information that might either identify anonymized
21 witnesses or embarrass witnesses, we would ask to be able to
22 submit briefing rather than raise those issues on the public
23 record.
24 THE COURT: You can, but not until you have further
25 discussion and narrow disputes, because that's going to happen.
2 limine 7 of the defense, which is Government Exhibit 52, I got
3 supplemental briefing on that; supplemental briefing on a few
4 exemplars of co-conspirator statements; the remaining disclosed
5 defense experts perhaps, so we'll discuss that. I have a few
6 other things just to tick off the list, and go over logistics
7 for Monday, and take your questions or hear your issues.
8 Ms. Comey, anything before we get underway?
9 MS. COMEY: Yes, your Honor. We do have a few issues
10 to raise. The first is that unfortunately I do think we will
11 need to ask for a briefing schedule to preclude
12 cross-examination on certain topics of government witnesses.
13 On Friday afternoon, the government conferred with defense
14 counsel. We presented about a dozen topics that we believe are
15 clearly improper topics for cross-examination. Yesterday
16 defense counsel told us that they're not in a position to tell
17 us that they will not cross on any of those topics. Because
18 there are many of them and because they include things like
19 criminal convictions that are beyond the scope of 609 and other
20 personal information that might either identify anonymized
21 witnesses or embarrass witnesses, we would ask to be able to
22 submit briefing rather than raise those issues on the public
23 record.
24 THE COURT: You can, but not until you have further
25 discussion and narrow disputes, because that's going to happen.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
(212) 805-0300
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