At the Kraken sanctions hearing, the judge asks who spoke to the "expert witnesses" to determine their facts and conclusions. Asks first about Joshua Merritt, (aka 'Spyder')
Howard Kleinhendler says HE spoke to Spyder. He says he can't disclose the real truth about Merritt, because Merritt is a super-sekrit informant to government agencies. Now talking techno-nonsense about the dark web and URLs.
Kleinhendler insists Merritt/Spyder is a hyper-qualified CI and says it's not 'technically false' that Merritt was in the 305th.
Juli Haller says SHE spoke to Matt Braynard but only "to the extent that they could' because he "had an agreement with another attorney". Haller also spoke to William Briggs.
Asked who spoke to Ron Watkins, again only Haller says spoke to him about his affidavit.
Only Kleinhendler says he spoke to Russell Ramsland, met him, and the two worked together on a rebuttal report.
Others, including Sidney Powell, pop up to say they also spoke to Ramsland.
Kleinhendler says Spyder himself is prepared to come to testify, but maybe partly in secret.
Judge asks why Merritt needed to have his name hidden by a pseudonym. Kleinhendler reads out Merritt's paranoid statement claiming he has faced assassination attempts, bugs planted in his house due to his supposed counter-terrorism work.
Kleinhendler says Merritt drafted his own affidavit claiming he was a military intelligence expert.
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