Amazon's new motion in its lawsuit - filed only after the lobbied DOJ to charge my husband with a crime - accuses him of "publicizing a 'David and Goliath' narrative and chasing news." They're spending MILLIONS in legal fees. Do they expect him to not fight for his freedom? /1 
They say he hasn't produced a "shred of exculaptory evidence." Um, Amazon somehow staved off discovery in the Virginia "rocket docket" for 21 months. My husband will produce documents in 2 weeks per the schedule. /2
And, for the first time, Amazon will have to produce evidence to back up its 4 verified, under oath complaints. For 2 years, they've publicly shamed people without any duty to provide evidence. /3
They played the odds. Amazon's in house team is former fed prosecutors, as is their outside counsel. They know when DOJ threatens to charge with a crime, 97% of people will plead. Because they can't afford to fight. Because it's terrifying. /4
But the odds didn't work here. So, in lieu of DOJ charging people with a crime per Amazon's lobbying, Amazon will now have to provide the facts they gave to DOJ to try to secure an indictment. /5
The David v. Goliath here, that Amazon alleges, is this: Goliath has connections in the government to pursue criminal charges, civil forfeiture and more. David - most of us - do not. /6
In America, people are innocent until proven guilty. Amazon seems to want my husband to prove a negative: Provide evidence he isn't guilty of the crimes they allege. So he will. But for the first time, Amazon now has to prove the crime. That's how our justice system works. /7
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