SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 11 - For the Lev Parnas
and Andrey Kukushkin trial to
begin jury selection on
October 12, the US Attorney's
Office on September 21 named
in a filing to U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge J.
Paul Oetken the man they say
paid $1 million that went to
Nevada political candidates:
Andrey Maraviev. In a
footnote: "The Government has
previously redacted Muraviev's
name in public filings and the
Indictment, but no longer does
so here given that a trial...
is now immanent."
Just after
midnight on October 11,
Kukushkin through his counsel
Gerald Lefcourt asked Judge
Oetken to exclude a slew of
Government Exhibits: "We write
on behalf of Andrey Kukushkin,
a defendant in the above
referenced matter, to
object to the government’s
admission at trial of three
articles (GX 8-A-2; 30-A-1;
and 32-A-1), and a
magazine cover (GX 38-A-29),
as well the Russian Roots
emails (GX 136 and 137).
That these documents
“form a key part of the
Government’s proof … of the
defendants’ mens rea” is
not the standard for
admissibility. On the
contrary, given the virtually
non-existent evidence
establishing the defendants’
mens rea and limited relevance
of these exhibits,
particularly as to Mr.
Kukushkin, any probative value
is significantly outweighed by
the prejudice they
create. Accordingly, we
respectfully request that the
Court find that they are
inadmissible and
preclude the government
from introducing them at
trial. In addition, although
not addressed by the
government’s submission of
October 7, 2021 (“Gov’t
Letter”), Mr. Kukushkin seeks
to preclude the government
from admitting GX 1402,
a series of charts
produced to the defense
yesterday which purport to
“summarize” the various
text exchanges between
the defendants, as well as
with others, in order to aid
the jury. The charts are
not fair and accurate
representations of the
exhibits they purport to
summarize." Full 8-page letter
on Patreon here.
On October 5
Judge Oetken held the final
pre-trial conference in
advance of October 12 jury
selection. Inner City Press
live tweeted it here
and below (podcast here)
Late on October 7
the US Attorney's Office has
written to Judge Oetken
seeking rulings in advance to
admit exhibits including "The
Inaugural Committee Articles,
the FEC Complaint Article, the
Time cover, and the Russian
Root Emails." Full letter on
Patreon here.
And now, song here.
Parnas has
asked for, and on October 4
got, public funding to travel
to NYC and now to stay in a
hotel, under the Criminal
Justice Act.
On
September 28, Kukushkin
opposed the US' motions in
limine and argued, among other
things, that "The government
intends to introduce out of
court statements of Mr. Parnas
against Mr. Kukushkin.
Accordingly, Mr. Kukushkin has
the right to impeach Mr.
Parnas' credibility... Mr.
Kukushkin sits before this
Court because he and Mr.
Muraviev fell for Mr. Parnas'
con.... He is a victim." Watch
this site.
Also
on December 2,
2020
live-tweeted
by Inner City
Press here.
More on
Patreon, here.
On September 21
the US Attorney's Office put
in its proposed question for
prospective jurors, including
at to Trump that they be
questioned on their views
"outside of the hearing of
other prospective jurors." And
outside the hearing of the
Press? Watch this site.
On September 10,
Igor Fruman pleaded guilty.
Inner City Press live tweeted
it here
(with vlog;
podcast here)
The
case is US
v. Parnas, et
al.,
19-cr-00725
(Oetken).
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