Q&A: Inner City Press just asked IMF's M-D Georgieva about the US @FederalReserve's communication and antitrust including 2 mega-mergers by Canadian banks (BoM, TD) She said IMF cheered 75 bp rate hike. Now, to get UN to answer this: documentcloud.org/documents/2188…
IMF Managing DIrector Georgieva's answer to Inner City Press, 2/x (this while not only UNSG @AntonioGuterres but even just @UN_Spokesperson@MelissaFleming have refused to provide even written answers to Inner City Press' Q e.g. on #SriLanka
Schulte at podium 5 feet from Juror 6, with 2 laptops, Post-It notes from stand by counsel. On exhibits screen: "Palo Alto Firewall" from HICKOK server.
Schulte: Do you have a contact in #Wikileaks?
AUSA: Objection!
Judge Furman: Sustained.
OK - now in Jan 6 multi-defendant case, Pezzola, Biggs & Rehl want trial pushed back to December due to negative pre-trial publicity they attribute to the January 6 Committee. Inner City Press is covering innercitypress.com/ddc108pezzolai… and will live tweet, thread below
Defense counsel: We don't want it adjourned. We'll never get an impartial jury in Washington DC, even in December. So we want trial on August 8.
Judge Timothy J. Kelly: Netting all of that out, I'm going to enter an order reluctantly granting delay to December.
Judge Kelly: Whatever week we start picking a jury in, we're going to have opening arguments that week. We are not going to push those back into January. I understand Judge Mehta was having prospective jurors fill out the form a week in advance.
OK - now Jan 6 case of Victoria Charity White, accused of entering the Capitol, she is pro se just called her appointed lawyer a grifter, says she may have been sexually assaulted in the tunnel. Judge shuts her down. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
The appointed Federal Public Defender said he could not share the discovery material with Ms. White because of DOJ's protective order. She cut in and called him "human garbage."
DDC Judge John D. Bates suggests a next conference of July 8 at 12:30 pm. "Ms. White, are you nodding?"
A: Yes, your Honor.
Judge: Mr McBride, keep that date open, we'll let you know if you should attend.
[Or if White will continue representing herself - a trend]
Update: in garbage time of the briefing, teachers-pet James Bays of Al Jazeera asks a softball questions about the documents - @UN_Spokesperson@StephDujarric reads a prepared statement about a "hot line," Bays does ask about Guterres cover-up
Judge Furman: Jurors, welcome back. Government, you may proceed.
Assistant US Attorney: Good morning. Remind us, what did Mr Schulte do?
Microsoft's Patrick Leedom: He reverted to an earlier date. Then I investigated the network. The FBI was making forensic images
AUSA: How did you come to focus on Mr. Schulte?
Leedom: It all starting point back to him. When we reviewed his machines and his logs, we found some very suspicious things.
AUSA: Let's put up the chart and compare what #Wikileaks published to Mr. Schulte's logs
Now back in @sdnylive Magistrates Court, US wants to detain RIchard Stuart for 4.5 kilos of fentanyl and five times failing to register as a sex offender. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
Stuart owns property in Landers, California, his Federal Defender says, adding that he lives in an RV which is half buried in sand.
Update: Richard Stuart's girlfriend Margaret James has arrived in court. Lawyer says that down on St James, their dogs are in their car.