SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 11 - For the Lev Parnas
and Andrey Kukushkin trial set
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 Muraviev. 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."
On October 11,
Kukushkin through his counsel
Gerald Lefcourt asked Judge
Oetken to "allow the parties
to defer the exercise of any
juror for cause and peremptory
challenges until a second day
of jury selection, after the
names of the venirepersons
have been disclosed to the
parties... to allow the
parties to conduct necessary
background research on
potential jurors and evaluate
potential challenges and
strikes." They cited a 2015
SDNY case.
Late on October
11 the US opposed Kukushkin's
request, noting that his "list
of people and entities
discloses the names of three
jury consultants and a jury
consulting firm" and asking,
if Judge Oetken grants the
request, for equal time. So -
more than one day of jury
selection?
On October 11
Kukushkin asked to exclude a
slew of Government Exhibits,
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.
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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