| Parnas Seeks Court Permission To Turn
Documents Over To Congress With SDNY
Agreement
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Periscope
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 30 – 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.
On December
17 Parnas and his lawyer
Joseph A. Bondy argued against
the government's requested
revocation of his bail, and
even for more freedom in
Florida where Parnas is
living. After nearly two hours
of argument, things remained
exactly the same, with Judge
Oetken denying both sides'
applications. Here's some
of how it went, more on
Patreon here.
Now on
December 30 Bondy has written
to Judge Oetken seeking formal
permission to turn over
discovery documents to
Congress: "Re: United States
v. Lev Parnas, et. al.,
19-cr-725 (JPO) Dear Judge
Oetken: Tomorrow, the
Government will be producing
documents seized from Mr.
Parnas’s home on October 9,
2019, stamped USAO_00072469
through USAO_00073221, and the
complete extraction of
Parnas’s iPhone 11, seized
from Mr. Parnas upon his
arrest on October 9, 2019,
stamped USAO_95359. These
materials fall within the
scope of the September 30,
2019 letter request and
October 10, 2019 subpoena of
the United States House of
Representatives’ Permanent
Select Committee on
Intelligence (HPSCI), in
connection with the
presidential impeachment
inquiry. Review of these
materials is essential to the
Committee’s ability to
corroborate the strength of
Mr. Parnas’s potential
testimony.
"The Government
does not object to Mr. Parnas
producing USAO_00072469
through USAO_00073221 and
USAO_95359 to HPSCI, subject
to receiving approval from the
Court.
" At present, we
do not know whether we intend
to produce the entirety of the
materials, or a subset
filtered for either privilege
or relevancy. If a subset, we
will inform the Court and
Government as to what we have
actually have produced.Thank
you for consideration of this
application." Inner City Press
will stay on this - watch this
site.
The next
conference in
the case is
set for
February 3 at
2 pm. Here's
the December 2
blow
by blow.
Back on November
1, Igor Fruman had three
requests denied, to loosen
bond restrictions and have his
brother Steve as a bond
co-signer, all denied on
November 1 by
Judge
Oetken.
Periscope here.
Back on October
23 Lev Parnas' lawyer raised
the issue of executive
privilege and the need for a
US Department of Justice taint
team when his client, along
with Igor Fruman, were
arraigned and both pleaded not
guilty.
Inner City
Press thread here.
Judge Oetken
inquired into
whether Parnas
worked for
President
Trump - his
lawyer said no
- then put off
the issues,
and the
setting of a
trial date,
until December
2 at 2 pm.
Parnas will be
under home
detention with
GPS monitoring
in the
Southern
District of
Florida, with
no contact
with
co-defendants
outside the
presence of
counsel.
That's a
condition
co-defendent
David
Correia's
lawyer said he
intended to
revisit,
telling Inner
City Press it
was because of
business
relationships,
see below.
Here's
some of how it
went 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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