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In #SDNY, Rep Chris Collins being arraigned on superseding indictment for insider trading. Previous story here: innercitypress.com/sdny2repcollin… Inner City Press will live-tweet the proceeding before Judge Broderick, who oversaw UN bribery trial of Ng Lap Seng - thread 
@MatthewLeeICP @CahnEmily @mkraju @coolhand_luke88 @countznews @hardball @MSignorile @ericawerner Judge Broderick is told he may face motions to dismiss the whole indictment for lack of venue, and parts of the indictment on wire fraud. He asks, "What would be the end game there? Are you trying to move the case elsewhere?"
@MatthewLeeICP @CahnEmily @mkraju @coolhand_luke88 @countznews @hardball @MSignorile @ericawerner SDNY prosecutor says of Rep Collins' and his co-defendants' motions to dismiss, If they want to file them, God bless them. But we're going to oppose them as premature. Says it's all up to the jury.
@MatthewLeeICP @CahnEmily @mkraju @coolhand_luke88 @countznews @hardball @MSignorile @ericawerner Judge Broderick tells Rep Collins' lawyers that if they want to challenge the search warrant, the time to do it is in October, sooner rather than later. He jokes, You may not believe it but I do have other cases. Like this one: innercitypress.com/sdny1broderick…
@MatthewLeeICP @CahnEmily @mkraju @coolhand_luke88 @countznews @hardball @MSignorile @ericawerner Now lawyer for Rep Collins says mulling moving to dismiss some security fraud counts, and suppress Collins' statements to authorities and thereby Count 11. "Speech and debate issue" cited
@MatthewLeeICP @CahnEmily @mkraju @coolhand_luke88 @countznews @hardball @MSignorile @ericawerner Rep Collins' lawyer says he's mulling challenging the warrants (using Speech and Debate Clause for standing), and citing irregularities in how warrants reviewed and signed in Magistrates Court. Inner City Press watches these rubber-stamped every day #MurkyMagCourt
@MatthewLeeICP @CahnEmily @mkraju @coolhand_luke88 @countznews @hardball @MSignorile @ericawerner Things are getting testy between ep Collins' lawyers and Judge Broderick - he says "the case has been pending for a long time, Lord knows you folks have been thinking about the Speech and Debate Clause issues" - must tell him by Oct 23
