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[Before jury is brought it]
Judge: Let's address this. All the Government is saying is that the message shows Ms. Ventura's state of mind
Combs' Donaldson: That's the problem with not being able to re-call Ms. Ventura as a witness.
AUSA: All Mr. Nash will quote it, He's making me freak off on my birthday. She didn't want to go.
Combs' Alexandra Shapiro: A spouse might say, He's making me go to Rangers game, I'd rather not tonight.
Judge: You could have cross examined Ms. Ventura about this
Judge: Every day now I'm getting these letters - these issues should have been raised pre-trial in motions in limine.
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Judge: Let's bring our jury in... All rise!
[Jurors enter]
AUSA: The Government calls LAPD Officer Christopher Ignacio.
[Witness takes the stand]
AUSA: What is a radio call?
Ignacio: Someone calls 9-1-1 and it gets sent to next available LAPD unit on duty.
AUSA: On December 22, 2011 what was your shift?
Ignacio: 6 am to 6 pm in a marked police vehicle.
AUSA: What do you remember?
Ignacio: Got a call around 8 am, Code 3 with lights and sirens, to 8925 Hollywood Hills Road
AUSA: What did you find there?
A: An Escalade
Ignacio: I memorized the license plate
AUSA: Why?
Ignacio: I thought it could be involved in a crime, the way it left as soon as we got there.
AUSA: Why didn't you go after it?
Ignacio: We didn't have a crime. Yet. The front door was unlocked. We went in...
AUSA: What did you see?
Ignacio: High end watched and purses, some wrapped, some unwrapped. Two detectives showed up. When we came out, I saw the same black Escalade now driving down the hill.
AUSA: Then what?
Ignacio: Mr. Mescudi arrived in a Porsche
AUSA: You ran the plate of the Escalade?
Ignacio: Yes it came back as Bad Boy Records.
AUSA: No further questions.
Judge: Cross examination? Mr. Steel?
Combs' Brian Steel: This was 13 years ago, right?
Ignacio: Yes.
Steel: You read your partner's report?
A: Yes
Combs' Steel: The streets there are dead-ends?
Ignacio: According to the map.
Steel: It's a beautiful neighborhood, right? Cul de sac?
Ignacio: Sure.
Steel: You don't follow the car, as it drives away, right?
Ignacio: Right.
Steel: Did you see a Porsche?
A: IDK
Combs' Steel: Do you know the definition of a kidnapping?
AUSA: Objection!
Judge: Sustained.
Steel: Were you told the homeowner was in the house shortly before you and your partner got there?
AUSA: Objection!
Judge: Overruled.
Steel: The door was unlocked?
A: Yes
Combs' Steel: There was no furniture upended, right?
Ignacio: No.
Steel: You called it a trespass, not a burglary, right? Because-
AUSA: Objection!
Judge: I think sustained.
Steel: No report of theft?
Ignacio: No.
Combs' Steel: If you thought there was a gun in the Escalade, you could have put out a BOLO, right?
AUSA: Objection!
Judge: Overruled.
Steel: You didn't, right?
Ignacio: Right.
Steel: Any mention of security cameras?
Ignacio: I saw some.
Combs' Steel: Mr. Mescudi wasn't hyperventilating, right?
Ignacio: He was tense, I'd say.
Steel: Did you search his Porsche?
Ignacio: No.
Steel: It was 8:20 am, not 6:30 am, right?
Ignacio: Right.
Steel: Nothing further.
No re-direct
AUSA: The Government calls LA arson investigator Lance Jimenez. I'll place a binder in front.
[Witness takes stand]
AUSA: How many fires have you investigated?
Jimenez: 100 a year, everything between mansions to dumpster fires. LA is pretty crazy.
AUSA: Did you respond as an expert to an auto fire at 8925 Hollywood Hills Road?
Jimenez: Yes. There was a cut in the roof of the Porsche.
AUSA: What about inside the Porsche?
Jimenez: Burn patterns inside.
AUSA: Any items?
Jimenez: A bottle on the front seat
Jimenez: A handkerchief, burned. A lighter on the ground
AUSA: What hypothesis did you draw?
Jimenez: Molotov cocktail.
AUSA: How did you think it got in?
Jimenez: Someone lit it, cut the roof, and dropped it in.
AUSA: Let me show you some photos. This is the black Porsche what was burned?
Jimenez: Yes.
AUSA: What kind of bottle was used?
Jimenez: Olde English 800 malt liquor.
AUSA: And the wick?
Jimenez: A designer type scarf, silky. In my opinion this was targeted
AUSA: The partial DNA profile, was it consistent with a female contributor?
Jimenez: I was told that.
AUSA: Do you know what it means?
Jimenez: No.
AUSA: Do you know if it is possible to touch an item without leaving DNA?
Defense: Objection
Judge: Sustained
AUSA: What happened to the print cards?
Jimenez: They were destroyed in 2012.
AUSA: On whose orders?
Jimenez: Someone in LAPD.
AUSA: Not you or anyone on your team?
Combs' Agnifilo: I'm going to object to all of this. Can we have a sidebar?
Judge: OK
After long sidebar:
Judge: Jurors, we are trying to synch up, why don't we take a break.
[Jurors exit]
[Combs exited too, with Marshals, into the holding cell]
Agnifilo: Let me get him.
[Combs is brought back in]
Judge: Ms. Slavik, what was the purpose of getting into that?
AUSA Slavik: They are questioning the investigation. So we're entitled to ask this
Judge: When I heard the questions, I assumed there was going to be line of cross examination about the fingerprint cards, like about the DNA. But that does not appear to be the case. So I'm thinking of telling the jurors to disregard.
Agnifilo: This is outrageous
Combs' Agnifilo: We are considering what remedies to ask for. Let me speak with my colleague. They implied that someone in this courtroom was responsible for the destruction of the fingerprint cards.
AUSA: They intended to attack the investigation
They're back.
Judge: My intent is to strike from the record any testimony about the fingerprint cards and the destruction of them. I will note that the only answers were what the witness knew about the destruction. I sustained the objection to if it was abnormal
Combs' Alexandra Shapiro: We are going to move for a mistrial at this time based on the prosecutorial misconduct that has occurred. Some prospective jurors said Mr. Combs could buy his way out - this type of conspiracy is out there and this bought into it
Combs' Shapiro: They should have ended with when the fingerprint cards were destroyed. But they asked, Did he authorize it? There's no way to unring this bell. The only proper remedy here is a mistrial.
AUSA: That's absolutely unwarranted.
AUSA: It was Mr. Agnifilo who wanted to inquire into the DNA, into the investigation. Your Honor can just say that the jurors should not draw any inference from the destruction of the fingerprint cards.
Judge: Application for a mistrial is denied.
Judge: I sustained the objections when raised. The jurors have already been told that questions are not evidence.
Combs' Shapiro: Your Honor should tell the juror that the questions were improper
AUSA: They weren't improper. You could say, disregard both.
Combs' Shapiro: Will the Court tell the jurors that the answers are not to be considered?
Judge: I'll tell them that the questions and answers on the fingerprints are irrelevant to this case and not to be considered
Combs' Shapiro: Thank you, your Honor.
All rise!
Jurors enter
Judge: Jurors, the questions and answers on the fingerprints are irrelevant to this case and are not to be considered by you. Please proceed.
AUSA: Did you interview the owner of the Porsche?
Jimenez: Scott Mescudi.
AUSA: Did you reach out to others?
Jimenez: I reached out to an assistant?
Jimenez: Her name was Capricorn-
Combs' Agnifilo: I'm going to object.
Judge: Re-phrase.
AUSA: Who did you reach out to?
Jimenez: Capricorn and Cassie Ventura.
AUSA: Did Capricorn respond or assist?
Jimenez: No.
AUSA: How did you reach out to Cassie?
Jimenez: Wasn't able by phone. Tried through a family member.
AUSA: Did you reach her?
Jimenez: Never.
AUSA: Were charges brought?
Jimenez: No. But I never closed the case. It's listed as inactive.
AUSA: Nothing further
Judge: Cross examination.
Combs' Agnifilo: There was a DNA hit on the glass bottle, for female DNA, correct?
Jimenez: Yes.
Agnifilo: Do you remember when the results came back?
Jimenez: Maybe six months.
Agnifilo: The test on the bottle - it was important?
A: Yes
Combs' Agnifilo: What does it mean, partial DNA, female?
Jimenez: I have no idea. I was told if we had a suspect we could test against it
Agnifilo: Any other DNA on the bottle?
AUSA: Objection!
Judge: Rephrase.
Agnifilo: DX 852, just for the witness
Combs' Agnifilo: That's a glove, right?
Jimenez: Yes.
Agnifilo: Did you find another glove?
Jimenez: No.
Agnifilo: Did you test the glove for DNA?
Jimenez: No. I understood it belonged to the owner, it was a driving glove.
Combs' Agnifilo: Your premise was that the Molotov cocktail was dropped - did you think the person who dropped it would have worn a glove?
Jimenez: Perhaps.
Agnifilo: It would have been hot.
Jimenez: Only the wick.
Combs' Agnifilo: The damage, it's on both sides of the bottle, right?
Jimenez: Looks like it
Agnifilo: Did Mr. Mescudi have more than 1 Porsche?
Jimenez: I think he had a second one in the garage.
Agnifilo: Why isn't it in your report?
Jimenez: It was not involved
Combs' Agnifilo: You were unable to reach Capricorn Clark or Cassie Ventura - when did you reach out?
Jimenez: In the first few weeks.
Agnifilo: Are you sure? Tell us everything about these calls.
Jimenez: I believe Capricorn's brother answered and we disagreed
Combs' Agnifilo: And once Mr. Mescudi told you it was his glove, you didn't investigate the glove anymore, correct?
Jimenez: I did not.
Agnifilo: Nothing further.
Judge: Re-direct?
AUSA: When did you speak with Mr. Mescudi?
Jimenez: Same day
AUSA: Nothing further
Judge: Next witness.
AUSA: The Government calls Deonte Nash... Are you here under subpoena?
Nash: Yes.
AUSA: Do you want to be here?
Nash: Absolutely not.
AUSA: What's you work?
Nash: Celebrity stylist.
AUSA: In 2008?
Nash: For Puff and Cassie.
AUSA: How'd you get hired to work for them?
Nash: Through a CraigsList ad, for Bad Boy Entertainment.
AUSA: This photo, is it a fair and accurate portrayal of how you looked at that time?
Nash: Not even close.
AUSA: It's a glamor photo?
Nash: Yes, I look amazing
AUSA: How often would you witness Mr. Combs and Ms. Ventura interact?
Nash: At least once a week.
AUSA: What did Mr. Combs call Ms. Ventura?
Nash: B*tch, 'ho, CC, Babygirl, slut. He would call it an outright 'ho, a slut anyway.
AUSA: How did she react?
Nash: Sad
AUSA: Did Mr. Combs make threats?
Nash: Yes. That he would beat her ass. That he'd send her sex tapes out.
AUSA: How often would he say he would beat her ass?
Nash: Quite a few. It drove her crazy. She would be super emotional. She might stay in the house for days
AUSA: How often did Mr. Combs say you could not go out without his permission?
Nash: Twice. The first time we went to a gay club, with Kyle and Adrian. Then we went to her LA apartment. Puff called and told her she better bring her ass to his house. She panicked.
AUSA: What did you understand Mr. Combs was saying?
Combs' Xavier Donaldson: Objection
Judge: Overruled.
Nash: She packed her stuff and went to her house.
AUSA: Did you attend a Vanity Fair party?
Nash: Yes. Oscars after-party. In 2014 with Cassie, Puff was there
AUSA: How did she look?
Nash: She looked bomb. Her hair was-
Combs' Donaldson: Objection!
Judge: Overruled
Nash: Her hair was long. Puff picked me up and threatened me. I pinned her hair up.
AUSA: She she record music?
Nash: Often.
AUSA: What was your role?
Nash: I helped pick songs. I probably should have been called an exec-
Combs' Donaldson: Objection!
Judge: Sustained.
AUSA: Her mix tape, was it ever sold?
Nash: No, it was put out free. But it did well, a top download.
AUSA Comey: How much of her music was released?
Nash: I'm being generous to say 10 percent.
AUSA: This would be a good place to break.
Judge: Jurors, you may break
[Jurors leave, then Nash]
Judge: Ms. Comey, what he'll say about 2013 is not about the tapes?
A: No
They've back, before jury and witness Nash brought it
AUSA: We want to show Mr. Nash a photo of this afternoon's witness Mia, without the screen in the gallery showing the photograph...
Judge: Bring back in Mr. Nash, and then the jury. All rise!
AUSA Comey: How many times in person have you witnessed Mr. Combs be violent?
Nash: Quite a few.
AUSA: This is a sealed exhibit. Without saying her name, do you recognize this person we'll call Mia?
Yes.
AUSA Comey: What were you and Mia helping Cassie pack for?
Nash: The OVO fest in Canada.
AUSA: Who came to the door?
Nash: Puff. He said, B*tch didn't I tell you to answer your phone? Then he dragged her by the hair and hit her.
AUSA: How hard was he hitting her?
Combs' Donaldson: Objection!
Judge: Overruled.
Nash: Very hard. We ran to the bedroom but Puff pushed it open. He continued to attack Cassie with his fist.
AUSA: What did you do to try to help Cassie?
Nash: I jumped on Puff's back. He threw me off. Mia too
Nash: Cassie's head hit the bedframe. She was bleeding but Puff continued hitting her.
AUSA: Where was Mia?
Nash: Getting towels.
AUSA: What did Mr. Combs say to you, Mia and Cassie?
Nash: He said, Look what y'all made me do. He said she'd go to a plastic surgeon
AUSA: With who?
Nash: D-Roc. He was Puff's security.
AUSA: After that, when did you see her?
Nash: The next day. Facetime or something like that. She had a gash in her eyebrow
AUSA: Were you once cooking with Cassie when Mr. Combs got violent?
Nash: Yes. Puff came
AUSA: What did Mr. Combs say?
Nash: He said, Y'all better get out of my house. He was grabbing her by the hair. He pushed her out the door then began to do the same to me. But I don't have hair. He popped me. He told me to go downstairs and wait.
Nash: They came down and Puff was berating us. As we drove off we got a phone call-
Combs' Donaldson: Objection!
Judge: New question.
AUSA: Call from who?
Nash: Puff. He told us to stop and he came to the window. He said he'd put her sex tapes on the Internet.
Nash: Puff said he'd send her sex tapes to her parents' jobs and get them fire, that her brother was a b*tch and that only he protected her.
AUSA: What did you tell her?
Nash: That Puff is on the sex tapes too. She said, He is not, he was taping her with other men
AUSA: What did she say, about wanting or not wanting to have sex with other men?
Combs' Donaldson: Objection!
Judge: Overruled.
Nash: That she didn't want to... I drove her to Sunset Blvd to get a taxi?
AUSA: Why?
Nash: Uber wasn't really a thing yet
Nash: Puff came to my house looking for her, he looked in my oven, I'm not sure why. Puff took my phone, and Cassie called, from a hotel. Puff said, Let's go there. Bad Boy staff stayed there.
AUSA: What did Mr. Combs say?
Nash: He said, Go get her
Nash: I went to Cassie's hotel room, with D-Roc and Tony. She jumped up - she was frightened. She said she would jump off the balcony.
AUSA: How high was it?
Nash: It wasn't the first floor... Downstairs I saw four or five of Puff's security waiting.
Nash: Puff told me, You played me. I drove off but Puff's security followed me. I turned off my lights and drove really fast. I went to the Universal Sheraton.
AUSA: Did you go home the next day?
Nash: Yes. I found my backpack was stolen, it had $1000 in it
AUSA: Why did you keep $1000 cash?
Nash: So when Puff was mad I could check into a hotel without giving my name.
AUSA: What happened in 2015?
Nash: I saw Puff slap Cassie in the face, he said, Get this b*tch out of here.
AUSA: What did you do?
Nash: Got her out
AUSA: The "Perfect Match" premiere, what did you see?
Nash: Cassie had a black eye.
AUSA: When was Mr. Combs violent with you at a music video?
Nash: Yes. I was outside smoking a cigarette. Puff came and threw me on the car and started choking me out
Nash: Puff said, Y'all keep going out.
AUSA: Did you report anything to the police?
Nash: No, I was afraid of retaliation from Puff.
AUSA: Did you get anyone on staff?
Nash: Kristina Khorram, KK.
AUSA: What did she say?
Nash: That she would talk to him
AUSA: Did anything change?
Nash: No.
AUSA: How often did you help Cassie hide?
Nash: Often.
AUSA: What did Mr. Combs do?
Nash: He would blow our phones up. KK would too. She would say Puff was calm. Cassie would go back.
AUSA: Did Cassie tell you she was going to a hotel with Mr. Combs?
Nash: Yes, weekly. She would pack sex toys.
AUSA: Did she say she wanted to go?
Combs' Donaldson: Objection!
Judge: Overruled.
Nash: She said she didn't want to go.
AUSA: Her 29th birthday, tell me
Nash: Puff asked me should he surprise her on her birthday
AUSA Comey: What did you say?
Nash: Girl, I was not about to tell him not to surprise her
AUSA: Did she use the world freak off with you?
Nash: Not like freak OFF, more like Freakoff
AUSA: Like a verb?
Yes
AUSA: Where did you go after the Blind Dragon?
Nash: 875 Comstock, like 17A. Puff said, y'all gonna get some d*ck tonight.
AUSA: What did Ms. Ventura say?
Nash: That she didn't want to go. But he made her. They left the house. She was super high
AUSA: New Years Eve 2017, where were you?
Nash: Vegas. With Cassie and the staff. All on the same floor of the hotel. Puff's room was at the end of the hall.
AUSA: What did Mr. Combs tell you?
Nash: That Cassie had been asleep for 24 hours, I had to take her up.
Nash: I had to Wake her up.
AUSA: Did she wake up?
Nash: She woke up for ME...
AUSA: What did Mr. Combs say?
Nash: That's he'd spent all this money so she had to. Then there was a... low budget producer
(laughs)
AUSA: How many of your meetings with prosecutors did you end early?
Nash: Probably all of them
AUSA: Did you stay in touch with Mr Combs?
Nash: Yes
AUSA: What was your tone?
Nash: Loving.
AUSA: Why?
Nash: I don't hate him. It's not in me
AUSA: No further questions
[Before jury back]
AUSA: This witness has a flight back to LA tonight. We'll rebook if we have to, but if we could stay a little later and finish with him, I know he'd appreciate it.
Judge: I think we can, I told the jurors we might stay until 4.
Jury enters
Judge: We might stay until 4. Mr. Donaldson?
Combs' Donaldson: How are you?
Nash: Blessed.
Donaldson: When he met with the government, you had an attorney present?
Nash: Yes.
Donaldson: The subpoena didn't mean you had to go to their office
A: Right
Combs' Donaldson: You hired a civil lawyer, Mr. Dunn, to represent you, considering litigation against Mr. Combs?
Nash: No.
Donaldson: Does this document show that?
Nash: It's their assumption. But no. I have counsel to protect me. I don't do Federal court.
Combs' Donaldson: On March 10, 2025 did you not tell Ms. Comey that you are considering a civil complaint against Mr. Combs?
Nash: No.
Donaldson: DX 1800 - what is this?
Nash: Cassie in the video for the mix tape.
Donaldson: And 1801?
Nash: Cassie & Usher
Nash: This is the 2016 Bad Boy Reunion show.
Combs' Donaldson: Did you pick out that dress?
Nash: I don't remember.
Donaldson: You didn't start as a celebrity stylist - it was that Mr. Combs introduced you to Cassie, right?
Nash: I met her. Mrs. Fine
Combs' Donaldson: So it's Mr. Combs who made you a celebrity stylist.
Nash. Sure, go ahead.
Donaldson: I am going ahead. As a celebrity stylist, you pick clothes? Like for Mrs. Fine's wedding?
Nash: Yes.
Donaldson: Do you know Groovey Lew?
Nash: Yes
Combs' Donaldson: As head of Bad Boy, it was in Mr. Combs interest that his artist Cassie look good, right?
Nash: I suppose
Donaldson: And Bad Boy paid for Cassie's studio time, right?
Nash: Yes
Donaldson: Ms. Ventura can't go to the studio under Mr. Combs pays
Combs' Donaldson: What is Young and Reckless?
Nash: A street-ware clothing brand. Cassie owned a part of it.
Donaldson: Mr. Combs had nothing to do with it?
Nash: He had to approve everything.
Donaldson: Wasn't Bana [Bryana Bongolan] involved?
Nash: As stylist
Combs' Donaldson: Who else were you styling for in 2016?
Nash: Cassie, Puff, Mase and Lil Kim.
Donaldson: Major artists. And on the mix tape, you were executive produce but got no credit. Meek Mill was on the mix tape?
Nash: Yes.
Donaldson: Pusha T?
Nash: Yes
Nash: Can I take a break?
Judge: Yes.
[Jury leaves]
Judge: Mr. Donaldson, how much more?
Donaldson: No way I'll be finished by 4.
Judge: Did you know that before I told the jury it's be 4?
Donaldson: I didn't know.
Judge: Well, we'll go to 4
AUSA: I'll rebook
[They've back]
Combs' Donaldson: Nice coat.
Nash: Thank you.
Donaldson: What size?
Nash: Not your size.
Donaldson: Right answer. Mr. Combs was the final decision making?
Nash: No. Some of them look terrible.
Donaldson: You are friends with Ms. Fine?
Nash: Yes
Combs' Donaldson: When's the last time you spoke with Bana?
Nash: Yesterday.
Donaldson: Not about testimony, right?
Nash: Right. She saw it on the news.
Donaldson: When'd you speak with Cassie
Nash: Yesterday. I congratulated her on having the baby
Combs' Donaldson: You saw her take drugs?
Nash: Cocaine, Ecstasy and MDMA.
Donaldson: Mushrooms and acid?
Nash: I'm not, like, privy to that.
Donaldson: Not to get into your business, you have used cocaine?
Nash: Yes.
Combs' Donaldson: You smoked pot before meeting prosecutors?
Nash: Yes. And Maurene cut it short.
Donaldson: You told her you were high?
Nash: That I was smoking.
Donaldson: Making a video costs hundreds of thousands of dollar?
Nash: Not necessarily
Combs' Donaldson: Who was Mia?
Nash: Puff's assistant.
Donaldson: You and Mia jumped on Mr. Combs to protect Cassie from him, right?
Nash: And to protect him from doing something worse
Donaldson: And D-Roc tried to protect you, and not protect Mr. Combs?
A: Yes
Judge: We're at 4 pm.
[Jury leaves]
Judge: Who are the witnesses after Mia?
AUSA: We think she will go long. But after her, Enrique Santos.
Judge: After today, Mr. Agnifilo, give you exhibits by 5.
Agnifilo: We only get back to the office by then
Combs' Agnifilo: We think Your Honor could let us meet with Mr. Combs in the SCIF here in the courthouse, under your Article III powers. We'd like the SCIF every night until 10 o'clock.
[With lawyers still arguing about SCIF and exhibit time, here's court art of Deonte Nash, courtesy to Inner City Press from article Elizabeth Wiliams Image
@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP AUSA: We are still ahead of schedule - we may even cut some witnesses. I think we'll rest in less than six weeks. We'd like to in the 2d week of June. We might bleed over into the third week.
Judge: I'll look at the requests to charge.

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OK - now in US v. Roman Storm, defense case Day 3, Edman - & Melekan who opposed Tornado Cash sanctions. v. Agent George patreon.com/posts/crypto-t… Inner City Press put out book about the case, Crypto Tornado amazon.com/dp/B0FHXTCNCR & will live tweet, thread below Image
Judge Failla: Defense, call your next witness.
It's expert Matthew Edman of NAXO.
Storm's lawyer Axel: Have you testified in the SDNY?
Edman: Yes. And I did a written submission for the US prosecutors in the Northern District of California.
[Long intro to jury]
Storm's lawyer Axel: If the Tornado Storm founder like Mr. Storm were hacked today could the hackers use the credential to steal money from the pools?
Edman: No. It's immutable.
Axel: Did you listen about the incidents?
Edman: Yes. They were after immutability
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Jul 25
OK - now in US v. Roman Storm, defense case Day 2, Melekan who opposed Tornado Cash sanctions. Inner City Press put out book about the case matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/extra-in-rom… Crypto Tornado amazon.com/dp/B0FHXTCNCR & will live tweet, thread below Image
[Before jury in]
Storm's lawyer Klein: The prosecutors gave us a big spreadsheet from Special Agent George too late
Judge: How did this happen?
AUSA: Agent George only recently gave us the information. We don't think his testimony on this should be stricken
Storm's lawyer Klein: We only were given this new data yesterday - we didn't have it for our cross examination of Agent George.
Judge: I will have to think about this.
Storm's lawyer Axel: There was not a motion that all facts in the case must end in August 2022
Read 18 tweets
Jul 24
OK - now in US v. Roman Storm, Axel crossing IRS-CI George, US about to rest its case. Inner City Press put out book about the case matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/extra-in-rom… Crypto Tornado amazon.com/dp/B0FHXTCNCR & will live tweet, thread below Image
Storm's lawyer Axel: In your review, were there transactions not related to Torn?
IRS-CI Agent George: Yes, Ma'am.
Axel: You found USDT coming out of the Binance account?
George: Yes.
Axel: To a pseudonymous wallet?
George: Right. I used communications from DOJ
Now: US summary witness O'Sullivan
AUSA: Mr. O'Sullivan, please look at the binder in front of you
Judge: Is this an exhibit?
AUSA: For now it is just a demonstrative... Mr. O'Sullivan, in the chart in front of you, are the dates plotted and are they accurate?
Yes
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