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Deposition transcript / legal proceeding (rough draft)
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Summary
This page is a rough draft transcript of a deposition involving the House Oversight Committee (Bates stamp 021933). A witness is being questioned about why they filed a motion accusing Professor Alan Dershowitz without contacting him first to verify facts or ask for refutation. The witness explains that the U.S. Attorney's Office had delayed answering a request for consent for months (dating back to Summer 2014), leading to a court filing on January 21, 2015. The witness begins to explain the decision not to contact Dershowitz as a 'cost benefit situation' before the page ends.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Dershowitz | Subject of accusation/Professor |
Referenced as 'Professor Dershowitz' and 'Mr. Dershowitz'. The questioner asks why the witness did not contact him be...
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| Unidentified Witness (A.) | Deponent/Witness |
The person answering questions regarding legal filings and why they did not contact Dershowitz.
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| Unidentified Questioner (Q.) | Interrogator/Attorney |
The person questioning the witness about their procedural choices and lack of communication with Dershowitz.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Attorney's Office |
Mentioned as having delayed giving an answer regarding consent for several months.
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| The Court |
General reference to the judicial body where documents were filed.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021933'.
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Relationships (2)
Witness filed a motion accusing Dershowitz without contacting him first; describes the decision not to contact him as a 'cost benefit situation'.
Witness sought consent from USAO, experienced delays, and eventually filed a pleading after being denied.
Key Quotes (4)
"Why not contact the person you're accusing?"Source
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"So the issue of why didn't I contact Mr. Dershowitz, it's a cost benefit situation."Source
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"The U.S. Attorney's Office had delayed, you know, giving us an answer on that for as I recall, several months"Source
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"No, you have been very polite. I appreciate that."Source
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1 the court that you had been asking the government for
2 consent since, I believe it was the Summer of 2014; is
3 that consistent with your recollection?
4 A. The exact timing, you know, if I looked at
5 the documents, we could refresh my recollection. We put
6 those documents into the court record in January 21st,
7 2015, the correspondence that we had had. The U.S.
8 Attorney's Office had delayed, you know, giving us an
9 answer on that for as I recall, several months and
10 ultimately they said, no, and that's why we filed the
11 pleading.
12 Q. Okay. My question is: Why, during that
13 several-month period before you filed the motion itself,
14 did you not contact Professor Dershowitz to ask him if
15 this was true, and if he had any evidence to refute it?
16 Why not contact the person you're accusing?
17 A. I mean, there's a cost -- you know, again,
18 this is going take a little bit of an answer, not as
19 long as the other one.
20 Q. I won't cut you off.
21 A. No, you have been very polite. I appreciate
22 that. This is about a five-minute answer, just so you
23 got a heads-up.
24 Okay. So the issue of why didn't I contact
25 Mr. Dershowitz, it's a cost benefit situation. So what
1 the court that you had been asking the government for
2 consent since, I believe it was the Summer of 2014; is
3 that consistent with your recollection?
4 A. The exact timing, you know, if I looked at
5 the documents, we could refresh my recollection. We put
6 those documents into the court record in January 21st,
7 2015, the correspondence that we had had. The U.S.
8 Attorney's Office had delayed, you know, giving us an
9 answer on that for as I recall, several months and
10 ultimately they said, no, and that's why we filed the
11 pleading.
12 Q. Okay. My question is: Why, during that
13 several-month period before you filed the motion itself,
14 did you not contact Professor Dershowitz to ask him if
15 this was true, and if he had any evidence to refute it?
16 Why not contact the person you're accusing?
17 A. I mean, there's a cost -- you know, again,
18 this is going take a little bit of an answer, not as
19 long as the other one.
20 Q. I won't cut you off.
21 A. No, you have been very polite. I appreciate
22 that. This is about a five-minute answer, just so you
23 got a heads-up.
24 Okay. So the issue of why didn't I contact
25 Mr. Dershowitz, it's a cost benefit situation. So what
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