OK - in opioids trial against Larry Doud of Rochester Drug Co-op, it's the final day of witnesses. Judge Daniels has criticized Doud's lawyer's argument about yesterday's cooperator. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
In the morning there was a Doud "character witness" who said she could not think of a single negative adjective to apply to Doud. Now an expert is disagreeing with / rebutting the government's / taxpayers' $900/hour expert Cutler of Harvard
Q: Was Larry Doud incented to sell controlled substances based on his compensation structure?
Objection!
Judge Daniels: Sustained. I'm not sure he's qualified to answer.
Q: No further questions at this time.
AUSA: Good afternoon, Mr. Martinovik (sp). Did you meet with the defense attorneys this morning?
Witness: Yes.
AUSA: Didn't you say you had an unmovable conflict today?
Objection! (on delay)
It's past 4 pm on the final day of evidence in opioids prosecution of US v. Doud's and defense lawyer Gottlieb is still cross examining from the HEPA-filter equipped booth.
Gottlieb: You see pharmacies were suspended or terminated - were you asked to look at them?
AUSA: Objection!
Judge Daniels: Mr Gottlieb, do you have anything further?
Gottlieb: I have nothing further.
Re-direct.
AUSA: Mr. Fiore, just so everyone is clear, do you know if RDC actually stopped selling, or the defense exhibit is inaccurate?
Witness: No, I don't know.
AUSA: Call up exhibit 918, last page, page 37. This was a termination. This pharmacy, how much in Oxy?
Witness: $41.
AUSA: And this one?
Witness: $8300.
AUSA: No further questions.
Judge Daniels: We'll adjourn for the weekend.
Judge Daniels: I hope we just have the closings on Monday. But we might have a bit more evidence then.
AUSA: Jury charge when?
Judge Daniels: 2 pm tomorrow, responses noon Saturday.
AUSA: Exhibits on a drive? Or do we use paper?
Judge Daniel: Let me see.
Defense: The sales data takes like ten minutes to load.
Judge Daniels: We could bring the jurors out and explain, they could narrow their request.
AUSA: Do we provide note pads?
Judge Daniels: We do that. See you Monday.
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OK - it's US v. Avenatti Day 5, with Avenatti about to resume cross examination of Stormy Daniels. Inner City Press is covering the case (and related Nike case Geragos questions) innercitypress.com/sdnytrial8aven… and will live tweet, thread below
Judge Furman (to jury, just entered) I'm monitoring the weather but I don't think the storm will arrive so early as to impact our trial day.
Avenatti: How long have you been an actress?
Stormy Daniels: Since 2002.
Avenatti: So you are expert in reading scripts.
Avenatti: You said in prison there'll be a long line of people to a*s-rape me, didn't you?
Daniels: I don't remember.
Avenatti: You said it's handy you have your own line of lube how because you can just bring me a gift basket in prison?
Daniels: I did, on Twitter
OK - it's US v. Avenatti, Day 4 of Stormy Daniels trial, with #Avenatti still cross-examining lawyer Macias about what social media posts he's read during the trial. Inner City Press is posting innercitypress.com/sdnytrial6aven… and will live tweet, thread below
Avenatti: Did you meet with the prosecutors on WebEx?
Macias: Yes.
Judge Furman: Is that a platform like Zoom or Microsoft Teams?
Avenatti: Mr. Macias, wasn't your home searched by the government?
Macias: Absolutely not.
Avenatti: Is it your testimony your office or home has not been searched?
Judge Furman: May we have a sidebar, Mr. Avenatti?
[Whispered sidebar]
OK - opioids trial of US v. Larry Doud of Rochester Drug Co-operative nearing end, Judge Daniels has been asking defense lawyer Gottlieb why witnesses not ready, now a pharmacist on stand. Inner City Press covering the case & will live tweet as it can, thread below
Pharmacy owner: I signed up with RDC, it was easy. The customers were re-selling the pills, unfortunately.
AUSA: And your pharmacist?
Owner: He basically slept all day.
AUSA: Is this is a photo of him sleeping?
Owner: Yes.
AUSA: Did you fill prescriptions for Doctors like Suarez and Carl Anderson?
Owner(Paulson, of "Regal Remedies" on Staten Island) Yes.
OK - it's US v. Avenatti, Day 3, with Avenatti cross examining his ex-office manager Regnier and soon Stormy Daniels. Inner City Press is reporting twice daily on the trial innercitypress.com/sdnytrial4aven… and will live tweet, thread below
Judge Furman: Members of the jury, please remember that questions are not evidence.
Avenatti: Ms. Regnier, wasn't this payment for a case on which we represented children blocked at the US - Mexico border?
Assistant US Attorney: Objection!
Judge Furman: Sustained.
Avenatti: OK, the technology issue has been fixed. Let's go back to the previous month's records... Ms. Daniels was having a personal issue with her estranged husband, right?
AUSA: Objection!
Judge Furman: Sustained.
OK - opioids trial of US v. Larry Doud of Rochester Drug Co-operative keeps chugging along, alongside Judge Daniels' fairness hearing in an unrelated class action. Inner City Press covering the case & will live tweet as it can, thread below
Judge Daniels is ruling on prosecutors' request to exclude a slew of defense exhibits. He is allowing some in, "to demonstrate that at the time the defendant made his statements, he was not part of a conspiracy," or try to demonstrate that.
Defense lawyer Gottlieb: Any statements made by people about Lindencare being in compliance, they are not being introduced for the truth of the matter asserted --
Judge Daniels: I don't agree. It's not probative of whether Mr. Doud was involved in a conspiracy
OK - US v. Avenatti, Stormy Daniels case, Day 2. Literary agent Luke Janklow still on the stand, cross-examined by Avenatti's taxpayer-funded Federal Defender. Inner City Press is covering the case matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/in-stormy-da… and will live tweet, thread below
Federal Defender Dalack: So here you called Sally Richardson saying only $200,000 in first payment was "asinine publishing bulls*it."
Janklow: It's a colloquialism.
Federal Defender: And Mr. Avenatti wanted $300,000 up front.
Janklow: Yes.
Federal Defender: And you told Mr. Avenatti about "Fire and Fury." What's that?
Janklow: Another Trump book. It made a lot of money.
[Inner City Press: even with the free leaked PDF out there]
Federal Defender: You trusted Mr. Avenatti, right?
Janklow: Yes.