| Trial of DEA
Investigator "Entrapped" on Grindr
Continued on Juneteenth with 404(b) Ruling
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 18 – Frederick Scheinin
is charged with child
pornography. He is, or was, a
DEA diversion investigator.
On April 16, U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Lorna G. Schofield held
a proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
The
defense said it is difficult
to work with Scheinin while he
is incarcerated amid COVID.
On May 7 SDNY
Judge Jed S. Rakoff, to whom
the case has been re-assigned,
held a proceeding. The June 16
trial date was re-affirmed -
and Inner City press has been
covering it, including on
Juneteenth, when the
government's main witness was
cross examined.
She,
a 32 year old law enforcement
officer, impersonated a 14
year old boy on Grindr.
Scheinin asked her/him about
meeting on the Staten Island
Ferry, and (much) worse. The
defense argument was, Scheinin
knew she was an adult.
But this
opens the door to 404(b)
evidence, including photos
that the defense on June 18
said is too prejudicial. It
will be emailed to Judge
Rakoff, who has promised fast
rulings and a draft charge by
midday Monday. That afternoon
should see the closings, with
the charge and deliberations
on Tuesday, June 22 when
another trial starts. Watch
this site.
The case is US v.
Scheinin, 20-cr-133 (Rakoff)
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