| As Trevor
Milton Trial Stalled by COVID Prof's Meter
Runs Will Jurors Take In American Greed
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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LITERARY SDNY,
Oct 3 – It was
supposed to be the last day of
evidence in the Trevor Milton
trial. But Brad Bondi's direct
and then re-direct examination
of Harvard professor Farrell,
at $1250 an hour, went on and
on.
He was still on
the stand when Judge Ramos
called an end to the trial day
at 2:40 pm.
Kurt
Wheelock was eager to run
through the rain to the 4
train and take it to Brooklyn
for the other big trial of the
week, US v. Tom Barrack. But
the EDNY District Executive,
one Eugene J. Corcoran, had
been sitting on his
application for a press pass
to bring his laptop and phone
in, the way others had. He
seemed to believe that the
Founding Fathers, in the First
Amendment, had some limitation
on the Press based on
corporate structure. It was a
brewing fight.
Instead,
Kurt stayed in SDNY to cover
the charge conference.
It went round and
round until, past five pm, it
was finally said that Milton's
lead lawyer Marc Mukasey had
tested positive for COVID.
Kurt tweeted it out, and
waited for
resolution.
Judge Ramos, ever
practical, said the trial
could be adjourned until the
following Tuesday. Would the
jurors, given the week off,
watch American Greed about
Milton?
Another SDNY
Judge, P. Kevin Castel, had
recent declared a mistrial
when a witness got COVID,
finding that a one week
adjournment would break the
jurors' concentration. How was
it different here? Who would
be appealing? More on Patreon
here.
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