Witness is Lawrence Paul Visoski. Nickname: Larry.
"I am an airplane pilot."
AUSA Maurene Comey: Who did you work for?
Visoski: Mister Jeffrey Epstein.
AUSA Maurene Comey: Where did Epstein hire you?
Visoski: Columbus, Ohio. David Rogers was hired too.
AUSA Maurene Comey: How long did Mister Rogers work for Mister Epstein?
Visoski: Same duration as myself.
AUSA Maurene Comey: What was Ms Maxwell's hairstyle in those days?
Visoski: She changed it a lot, "like most women."
[Some groans]
AUSA Maurene Comey: Can you identify Ms. Maxwell, if you see her in the courtroom, by a piece of clothing?
Visoski: She's in the corner, in the white sweater and the dark hair.
AUSA Comey: Let the record reflect, the witness has identified the defendant.
Visoski: The only time Epstein didn't take a private jet was when the Concorde was flying. Ms. Maxwell used airlines sometimes. In the late 1990s she had an option on a quarter share of a private jet.
Visoski: For a domestic flight, I didn't need to know who was flying in my plane.
AUSA Maurene Comey: So you didn't get all the names?
Visoski: I did not. There was NYC, Palm Beach, Santa Fe- actually Stanley NM - an apartment in Paris & an island in St. Thomas
AUSA Maurene Comey: Can you describe the interior of Mr. Epstein's Palm Beach residence?
Visoski: A master bedroom, three guest bedrooms. There's a Florida room, which I guess in New York you'd call a family room... a butler's pantry, a 3 car garage
AUSA Maurene Comey: Who drove Mr. Epstein up to this plane?
Visoski: Juan comes to mind. But others too.
AUSA Comey: And in NY?
Visoski: Manhattan. 9 East 71st Street.
AUSA Maurene Comey: And what did you do at 9 East 71st Street?
Visoski: Pick up luggage - and install video equipment.
AUSA Maurene Comey: Which airport did you use?
Visoski: Teterboro. Then Newark or JFK with the larger plane.
Judge Nathan: It's 4:58, we're going to break for the day.
Clerk Ms. Williams: All rise!
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OK - Charlie Javice sentencing at SDNY. Inner City Press covered the trial and wrote the book Fintech Fraudster and will live tweet, thread below amazon.com/Fintech-Frauds…
All rise!
Judge Hellerstein: It's my duty Ms. Javice to sentence you today. Have you read the pre-sentencing report? You have not?
Javice: I have.
Judge: I'll deal with you counsel's objections first
Judge: The first objection is to paragraph 11.
Javice's lawyer: This is part of a group of objections-
Judge: I'm not dealing with groups, I'm dealing with specific objections.
Javice's lawyer: We object to the characterization. We'll be here for 2 weeks on each
OK - now US v. Sean Combs, hearing on motion for acquittal or new trial. Inner City Press covered the trial in books from indictment
to verdict and will live tweet this (& Oct 3), thread belowamazon.com/dp/B0DHP7YF19
11:04 am - Combs is still in the holding cell. At defense table: Alexandra Shapiro [now also representing an Alexander brother, Justin Baldino and Charlie Javice], Xavier Donaldson, Nicole Westmoreland, Brian Steel & Agnifilo. Prosecutors stone faces in front row
11:06 am -
Sean Combs is brought in - in MDC tan jail uniform. [Apparently the proposed order for button down shirt didn't get signed
OK - now Jane Doe v. Pamela Bondi in DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Inner City Press is covering a similar case in SDNY and will live tweet, thread here
DOJ lawyer: This Bureau of Prisons determination is not reviewable-
Q: But isn't it the determination of the President, in the Executive Order?
DOJ lawyer: The plaintiffs' position is not clear. The designations are in place
Q: There's someone not designated
Q: If they are saying there is nothing that could be done at a male facility that would remedy the Constitutional injury, doesn't that satisfy exhaustion?
DOJ lawyer: Booth says "some relief" - they seek to halt the transfers
OK - now at Lisa Cook v. Trump, seeking temporary restraining order against being removed from Federal Reserve Board for listing two residences as primary. Inner City Press covers the Fed (and courts) and will live tweet, thread below
[Programming note: the listed public access number for Cook v. Trump, after saying "Welcome to a Cisco meeting" & entering call ID - immediately hangs up. Or once said, "The meeting is over." They should have put audio on YouTube like DC Circuit. Will keep trying
[Finally got in]
Judge Cobb: Is it your position that Governor Cook is like an employee, with a property interest in the position, unlike an elected official? This is a unique position, it's not a Government employee--
OK - now in Chinese fentanyl case after trial, sentencing of Yiyi Chen. Inner City Press covered the trial (and post-trial, MDC photo defendant docketed last night below) and will live tweet, thread below innercitypress.com/sdny102rgardep…
[Sentencing proceeding was to start at 11:15 pm, but deputy said defendant Yiyi Chen, en route from MDC jail, was ten minute out. Now she's brought in by US Marshal, hair long.]
All rise!
Judge Gardephe: We are here for sentencing. I have read the PSR [sealed]
Judge: Late last night Mr. Kirton filed a submission [with photos] from the MDC
OK - now case about Alligator Alcatraz and detainees' access to lawyers there - Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
[Trump Verdict book: amazon.com/Trump-Trial-Ma…
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…