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May 6 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
OK - in #HezbollahTrial of Alexei Saab, 3d day deliberation - now 11:10 pm lawyers in 318 for 1st time today. Inner City Press has covered the trial innercitypress.com/sdny12ugardeph… & vibe innercitypress.com/literary1hezbo… and will live tweet to verdict (today?), thread below
Judge Gardephe: The jury is asking for many exhibits (94, 95, 96, 700 series and 700T). Does the government know what these exhibits are?
AUSA: We will prepare them.
[This could take a while]
Judge Gardephe has summoned the jurors into Courtroom 318, says We are going play you the 700 series, and we are distributing 700T [transcript].
Jurors are now being played audio of Alexei Saab being read his Miranda rights. Then he confesses to being asked to hide small weapons for Hezbollah in his house
In final audio clip played for the jurors Saab says "One mistake, that's it." Judge Gardephe says, that's the last one. Please continue to deliberate.
Lawyers scatter, but remain close to courtroom for next note - or verdict? Thread will continue. Watch this feed
Update of 4:35 pm - absolutely nothing from jury in #HezbollahTrial of Saab. Elsewhere @SDNYLIVE today, in horse drugging trial Giannelli guilty on 1st day of deliberation. SEC v. Im? Total exoneration. But Saab? Radio silence. Waiting for 5 pm...
Update of 4:59 pm: #HezbollahTrial lawyers are assembling in Courtroom 318.
Judge Gardephe: I have a note and an incomplete jury form... The note is that a juror had a medical appointment Monday. The incomplete verdict form indicates determination on 5 courts
Judge Gardephe: I intend to return the form to them and tell them to complete it on the other two counts.
[He's not going to say what the determinations on the 5 courts are, it appears]
Government asks for time.
AUSA: We think you should call the jury out and let them know that they can return the five verdicts.
Saab's lawyer: We object.
Judge Gardephe: I intend to let them go at 1 pm on Monday.
Judge Gardephe: My instructions were that they are to return verdicts on all 7 counts at once. They are inter-related. So I'm inclined to stick to my instructions.
Jury entering!
Judge Gardephe: I am returning the incomplete verdict form to you. We will adjourn Monday at 1 pm and if no full verdict reached, continue on Tuesday.
Adjourned- story soon on InnerCityPress.com and patreon.com/MatthewRussell…

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