"A Federal Judge Holds 'Kraken' Lawyers' Feet to the Fire at Sanctions Hearing. Lin Wood Tried to Distance Himself from It All." lawandcrime.com/2020-election/… via @lawcrimenews
For what it's worth, I'm seeing folks claiming that Haller was crying, or asking about whether she did. She sounded nervous and perhaps awkward, with a shaky voice.
More than that? I didn't see or hear it.
As a caveat:
While I listened to the proceedings in full, my eyes weren't entirely fixed upon the screen throughout the entire six-hour ordeal.
Simply noting for those asking.
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A federal judge preserved his ability to enforce the ruling even if the Senate passes a budget bill restraining his contempt power. @AllRiseNews allrisenews.com/p/linda-mcmaho…
A quick thread on this:
This is the first time I personally have seen a court proactively address the possibility of Congress restraining the enforcement power of the federal judiciary.
(There are a lot of cases out there, and perhaps it's come up elsewhere.)
Here's how it went down:
Assistant NYAG Andrew Amer brought up the restraints on contempt power included in the budget bill toward the end of the hearing.
Prosecutors immediately show her a still frame of the surveillance video from the hotel.
Q: Who introduced you to the term "freak off"?
A: Sean did.
Asked what a "freak off" is, Cassie responds: "It basically entails hiring of an escort (deep exhale) setting up this experience so that I could perform for Sean."
As the afternoon session begins, witness testimony in the Sean Combs trial begins with Israel Flores, an LAPD officer who was a guard with Securitas in 2016.
On March 5, 2016, Flores worked at the InterContinental Hotel when there was an "incident" on the 6th floor.
Flores describes going up the elevator to the 6th floor and seeing Combs in "a towel and some colored socks" and Cassie "in the corner, like covering her face."
Q: "How did you recognize Mr. Combs?"
A: "He's like a rapper, producer."
Flores identifies photos of Combs and Cassie.
Though he recognized Combs immediately, Flores says he didn't recognize Cassie immediately.