| In SDNY Judge Oetken Sets Jan 30
Session on Letting Parnas Share More Info
With Congress
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Periscope
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 28 – Whether any US
government agency engaged in
wiretapping not authorized by
a court in connection with the
prosecution of Lev Parnas,
Igor Fruman, David Correia and
Andrey Kukushkin came up near
the end of a conference in the
case on December 2,
live-tweeted by Inner City
Press here.
More on Patreon, here.
Now on
January 28 SDNY Judge J. Paul
Oetken has set a January 30
proceeding about modifying the
protective order so Parnas can
share more information with
Congress: "ORDER as to Lev
Parnas, Igor Fruman, David
Correia, Andrey Kukushkin: In
advance of the February 3
conference, the Court will
hold a conference with counsel
for the parties to address
Defendant Parnass third
request for a modification of
the protective order and the
issues raised in the parties
letters at Docket Numbers 79
[-] 85. The conference will be
held Thursday, January 30,
2020, at 2:30 p.m., in
Courtroom 318 of the Thurgood
Marshall United States
Courthouse, 40 Foley Square,
New York." Inner City Press
will cover this - watch this
site.
Here's
some of how it
went back on
October 23:
Judge
Oetken's
deputy tells
the lawyers,
The room is
cavernous,
please speak
up. Now Judge
Oekten says,
we're hear for
arraignment on
a four count
indictment.
Asks for time
of arrest and
about
presentment
AUSA:
Parnas will be
released on a
$1 million
bond.
Pre-trial
supervision
out of
Southern
District of
Florida. Home
detention with
GPS
monitoring; DC
for legal
visits.
Surrender
passport, no
contact with
co-defendants
outside
presence of
counsel
(Correia
disputes)
AUSA:
Igor Fruman
putting up a
condo. Judge
Oetken
approves the
bail
conditions;
now proceeding
to the
arraignment,
Parnas first.
He waives
public reading
of the
indictment.
Pleads Not
Guilty.
Now
Fruman pleads
not guilt.
Judge Oetken
asks AUSA to
describe the
discover in
the
case.
AUSA: multiple
search
warrants, 50
bank accounts,
"the
investigation
is ongoing."
AUSA:
By the Dec 2,
2 pm
pre-trial
conference US
will know
more. Judge
Oetken: Given
the volume of
discovery, not
setting a
trial date
yet. Might set
it on Dec 2.
Parnas' lawyer
will be out of
the country on
that day, he
says.
Parnas'
lawyer says
there should
be DOJ
taint team,
says that
there are
excutive
privilege
issues...
"hese are
issues we need
to be very
sensitive"
with, he
says.
Judge
Oetken: When
you say
executive
privilege,
you're not
suggesting
your client
worked for the
President, are
you? Parnas'
lawyer: No, my
client worked
with Mr.
Giuliani.
Parnas'
lawyer: If
information
gets out then
we determine
it is all
privileged,
we've got a
problem. AUSA:
This is the
first that
we've heard of
this... With
respect with
executive
privilege,
we're happy to
have a
conversation.
Judge
Oetken to
Parnas'
lawyer: if
there's a
particular
application
that you want
to make, I'm
all ears. Are
you going to
reach a
protective
order? AUSA:
We are working
on it. Judge
Oetken:
Anything else?
Only exclusion
of time under
the Speed
Trial Act. To
Dec 2
Judge
Oetken: Okay,
I'll see you
all on
December 2 at
2 pm. Inner
City Press
said it would
be there- and
it was. The
case is US
v. Parnas, et
al.,
19-cr-00725
(Oetken).
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