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Good morning from the E. Barrett Prettyman courthouse in Washington DC, where opening arguments are set to begin in the Sussmann-Durham case. Packed media room so will likely be plenty of people live tweeting. nytimes.com/2022/05/15/us/politics/michael-sussmann-trial-trump-russia.htmlPermalink On twitter.com
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One of the cybersecurity researchers who developed the Alfa Bank data and analysis and had been on the prosecutors witness list, Manos Antonakakis, has invoked Fifth Amendment so won't testify, DeFilippis said. /2Permalink On twitter.com
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DeFilippis wanted an FBI agent to talk about how the FBI wondered if DNS data was spoofed as part of its inquiry (reached no conclusion); judge rules it can't get into that as part of his earlier ruling they can't raise that spectre if no evidence Sussmann had reason to doubt. /3Permalink On twitter.com
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Arg re Steele dossier stuff, including whether prosecution can tell jury that it reached the FBI team on same day as Alfa Bank meeting. Defense says prejudicial, coincidence gives misleading impression of coordination, given winding path of dossier. Judge hasn't ruled yet. /4Permalink On twitter.com
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Jury is brought in. There are four alternates instead of the usual two because of covid, Judge Cooper notes, so there are 16. Jury won't learn who is an alternate until deliberations begin. /5On twitter.com
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