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This document is a page from a court transcript (Exhibit A-5749) filed on February 24, 2022. It features the direct examination of a witness named Brune (likely an attorney), who admits to regretting a legal brief she filed under her signature which contained inaccurate or incomplete facts. She discusses the legal strategy at the time involving 'Mr. Parse' and references the 'Martha Stewart' case as a comparison for avoiding dismissal.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Brune | Witness/Attorney |
Testifying under direct examination regarding a legal brief she signed and filed.
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| Mr. Parse | Subject of legal application |
Mentioned in relation to an application that the witness was trying to avoid having 'kicked out'.
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| Martha Stewart | Case Reference |
Cited as a legal precedent or comparison regarding how an application was handled.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Southern District Reporters, P.C. |
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| DOJ |
Implied by Bates stamp DOJ-OGR-00009353
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Implied by court reporter name (likely SDNY)
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Key Quotes (3)
"When I reflect on that brief, and I certainly have done so repeatedly and at length, it's the thing that I regret."Source
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"Yes. I reviewed it and I signed it and I am responsible for it."Source
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"I certainly never imagined that the reality that we did not know was going to assume the sort of debate level"Source
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Case 1:20-cv-03050-PAC Document 166-2 Filed 02/24/22 Page 64 of 130
A-5749
A-5749
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Brune - direct
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1 A. That's right.
2 Q. It was filed under your signature?
3 A. It was.
4 Q. With your ECF number?
5 A. That's so.
6 Q. You were ultimately responsible for the factual assertions
7 in that brief, correct?
8 A. Yes. I reviewed it and I signed it and I am responsible
9 for it.
10 Q. That set of facts was not accurate and complete, was it,
11 Ms. Brune?
12 A. When I reflect on that brief, and I certainly have done so
13 repeatedly and at length, it's the thing that I regret. What I
14 mean by that is we kind of missed it. There were two things
15 that were going on. One is we were spending a lot of energy
16 trying to persuade ourselves that what we were going to say to
17 the judge was right, that is, that there was this fraud that
18 happened, and we were very focused on not having Mr. Parse's
19 application kicked out the way that it was kicked out in Martha
20 Stewart for not sort of having proved it enough.
21 I certainly thought about the waiver issue. But what
22 I really missed is I thought that the government would likely
23 inquire and we would say we didn't know, because we didn't
24 know. I certainly never imagined that the reality that we did
25 not know was going to assume the sort of debate level
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
DOJ-OGR-00009353
Brune - direct
292
1 A. That's right.
2 Q. It was filed under your signature?
3 A. It was.
4 Q. With your ECF number?
5 A. That's so.
6 Q. You were ultimately responsible for the factual assertions
7 in that brief, correct?
8 A. Yes. I reviewed it and I signed it and I am responsible
9 for it.
10 Q. That set of facts was not accurate and complete, was it,
11 Ms. Brune?
12 A. When I reflect on that brief, and I certainly have done so
13 repeatedly and at length, it's the thing that I regret. What I
14 mean by that is we kind of missed it. There were two things
15 that were going on. One is we were spending a lot of energy
16 trying to persuade ourselves that what we were going to say to
17 the judge was right, that is, that there was this fraud that
18 happened, and we were very focused on not having Mr. Parse's
19 application kicked out the way that it was kicked out in Martha
20 Stewart for not sort of having proved it enough.
21 I certainly thought about the waiver issue. But what
22 I really missed is I thought that the government would likely
23 inquire and we would say we didn't know, because we didn't
24 know. I certainly never imagined that the reality that we did
25 not know was going to assume the sort of debate level
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
DOJ-OGR-00009353
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