CRYPTO IN THE COURTS: Now at arraignment of Eddy Alexandre, out on $3M bail with former SDNY prosecutor Emil Bove as his lawyer. Inner City Press has covered innercitypress.com/sdny1cryptoale… and will live tweet, thread beloe
Judge Cronan: I was Mr Bove's supervisor.
[Gives 2 weeks to object.
Courtroom jammed; there's a T-shirt "We Support Our CEO"]
Alexandre: Not guilty.
Judge Cronan: Mr Bove, are there any conditions I should loosen?
Bove: I'll deal with Pre-Trial Services
AUSA Folly: Defendant ran #EminiFX - a Ponzi. We have video.
Judge Cronan: What about the #CFTC case?
AUSA Folly: Let Mr Bove answer.
Bove: There's a consent preliminary injunction pending... We hsve a benefactor payment issue.
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The day began with discussion of the courtroom sealing that Inner City Press has opposed (and will continue to oppose) documentcloud.org/documents/2205…
Jury entering!
Judge Furman: Juror 15, I take it that my deputy conveyed to you...
[A nod]
Judge Furman: Very good. Proceed, Mr. Schulte.
Schulte: Good morning. Yesterday you testified about the search of my Manhattan apartment. How many agents?
Evanchec: 8 to 15.
CRYPTO IN THE COURTS: BitMEX Benjamin Delo is now up for sentencing, after arthur Hayes citing the Jackie Robinson Foundation got 6 months home confinement innercitypress.com/sdny162gkoeltl… Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
Delo's lawyer: Even home confinement is unnecessary. He is a British citizen, here on a tourist visa. He cooperated with the #CFTC.
Defense: Ben was living in Hong Kong. He gave money to Oxford.
[There are more than a dozen suited persons here in the gallery]
Judge: Didn't he know there were US persons im the platform?
Defense: He didn't encourage it
OK - now in Jan 6 case of US v Ryan Samsel, defendant wants to speak for himself to DDC Judge Jia Cobb. Inner City Press has covered this case, too innercitypress.com/ddc113samselic… and will live tweet, thread below
Samsel: I was in the Einstein Medical I.C.U. for 11 days
Judge Cobb: Maybe it's your lawyers who should speak -
Samsel: I need to. I need to. I have collateral blood flow. I have only two veins left in my left arm.
Samsel: I know this is the government trying to torture me and make me collaborate. Kiss my ass -- they are the terrorists!
Judge Cobb: Given that we are going to talk about medical and transfer, maybe exclude the public --
Samsel: No! No! I want them to hear!
OK - now US v. Joshua Schulte, Day 2. FBI Agent Evancech still the witness, awaiting Schulte's pro se cross examination. Inner City Press is covering the trial (filings leagle.com/decision/infdc… & more patreon.com/posts/67792346) and will live tweet, thread below
Trial day was to have started at 9 am. But stand by counsel just said, I need to speak with Mr. Schulte, he still hasn't seen the 3500 material you just gave us.
That is, new discovery provided on the morning of Day 2. Judge Furman not yet on the bench.
More issues raised before judge or jury come in: Schulte would like a longer (45 minutes) lunch break so he can stay in the courtroom and review documents with stand by counsel. Also, he might get a 2d computer, from Federal Defenders.
AUSA: Where do you work now?
Evanchec: In Dallas. North Texas. Before that I was in counter terrorism. And in NYC, counter intelligence squad 6. We thwarted foreign government's spying
AUSA: What was your role in investigating Josh Schulte?
Evanchec: I was one of the lead agents.
AUSA: Do you see Mr. Schulte?
Evanchec: He is there, white mask. He just waved. Wearing a beard. With a shaved head.
OK - now US v. Schulte / #Vault7 CIA leaks trial, opening arguments.
Judge Furman: Are you ready, Mr. Schulte?
Schulte: Yes.
Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
Judge Furman: If folks in the back could clear away from the doors, the jury will be entering in a moment... Ok, Mr. Denton.
AUSA Denton: Joshua Schulte is responsible for the largest leak in CIA history, and put officers at risk. When confronted, he lied.
AUSA Denton: He stole custom-built software used to track terorrists. Those filed were posted on Wikileaks. It was devastating. Operations came to a crashing halt. Allies wondered if their info could be leaked. The FBI sprang into action