In UN briefing Inner City Press is banned from, by @UN_Spokesperson@StephDujarric (back from Greece) he's gotten its Qs by email, incl if UNGA require vax proof or canceled, Cuomo whistleblowers, Tigray, #Nigeria#Cameroon#Burma#Haiti UN rapes. Thread below
Inner City Press has asked in writing, "Amid reports that NYC will require proof of vax for indoor events, =\with enforcement mid-Sept, & in light of UN saying "honor system" in person #UNGA high level week Sept 21, will that be canceled or proof of vax required?
Banned Inner City Press asked: "What are SG @AntonioGuterres' comments if any on the findings of sexual harassment and retaliation by NYS Government Cuomo? And why has Guterres covered up for Hochschild, and retaliated incl against Press reporting on Hochschild?
Banned Inner City Press asked, "On Sudan and Tigray, what are SG @AntonioGuterres' comments and actions if any on that some of the unidentified bodies found on a Sudanese riverbank are from the neighboring Ethiopian region of Tigray?
Inner City Press asked in writing, again: "On UN retaliating against whistleblowers, what is SG Guterres' response to statements by Emma Reilly on steps taken to fire her, with UN claiming whether names of Uighur dissidents were given to China is irrelevant?
Banned Inner City Press asked, "On Nigeria, what are the comments and actions if any of @AntonioGuterres & @AminaJMohammed on IPOB's legal claim that providing aircraft to the Nigerian government is, legally, assisting genocide?" Still no answer...
Banned Inner City Press asked, again, "On Myanmar, what are @AntonioGuterres' responses and actions if any to the critique and recommendations of, among others, CPJ? See,
Now @UN_Spokesperson@StephDujarric has ended his noon briefing without answering any of Inner City Press' Qs(on #Nigeria#Burma, UN sexual harassment and retaliation and "honor system" UNGA week)- he got each question by Email, as did @MelissaFleming. Story soon.
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OK - now case about Alligator Alcatraz and detainees' access to lawyers there - Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
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DOJ lawyer: All they are requesting in Count 5 is to identity which immigration court has jurisdiction over Alligator Alcatraz-
Judge Rodolfo Ruiz: I want to make sure that it is the government's decision to allocate the immigration decisions is permanent
[From the docket: US "designated Krome North Service Processing Center as the immigration court with administrative responsibility over Alligator Alcatraz detention facility. EOIR published this designation on its official public website: justice.gov/eoir/immigrati…
OK - now DC's lawsuit against Federal takeover of police, DDC Judge Ana Reyes asking how it would work. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
Judge Reyes: It can't be that the President can say, Mayor, the entire MDC has to do what I or any other Federal agency says.
DOJ lawyer: I think the statute is broad and not subject to judicial review
Judge Reyes: Why doesn't the Executive Order just track the language of the statute?
DOJ lawyer: If there's an issue with the writing of the Executive Order -
Judge Reyes: There is an issue
DOJ lawyer: A Temporary Restraining Order is not the right remedy
9:18 am
At defense table, Storm's lawyers Klein, Patton and Axel. Prosecutors' table is empty, like courtroom gallery. Updates in this thread as jury notes emerge: questions - and verdict? Book 2 90% ready to go. Watch this feed
9:35 am
All rise!
Judge Failla: The jury has sent us a note: Despite progress yesterday, and four days of deliberations, we are deadlocked on some -
What do the parties want me to answer?
AUSA Arad: We would like an Allen charge [telling the jury to try again
As of 9:06 pm, Storm's lawyer Axel and another at defense counsel's table, courtroom gallery behind them empty
Inner City Press daily vlog coming, this thread will be updated as things happen - notes? verdict? Manicure?
Watch this feed
9:35 am
The prosecutors have come into the courtroom; also Storm's lawyers Patton and Klein.
AUSA Mosley reads out loud, "do the sanctions," then voice trails off.
It would appear there has been another note, but it has not been read into the record yet
As counsel on both side sit at their table waiting for the next jury note, here's letter that the defense put in about the transcripts jurors have request so far: "transcripts therefore should reflect exactly what the jury heard" - including sealed Dragonfly Q&A?
Still waiting on jury, only Axel and Storm at defense table; Judge Failla has ruled for US on transcript redactions except "regarding a portion of Mr. Werlau's testimony, the response "It wasn't me" should not be redacted because objection [was on] another issue"
[Judge's courtroom deputy came out with a draft of Judge's proposed response to jury. Storm's lawyer Axel: Can I can a photo? Roman Storm reads over her shoulder. Unlike his lawyers (other than Axel) he is not in a suit jacket. Big day...
All rise!
Judge: The jury has asked, Did the Gov't have to submit proof of the charges to get indictment? I don't think this is something they should be asking about. I propose to answer, You are not to consider how the US got the indictment