SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 22 - In the Lev Parnas and
Andrey Kukushkin jury trial,
the first witnesses testified
on the afternoon of October
13. Inner City Press live
tweeted it here
and here.
Vlog here.
Now on October
22, after mere hours of
deliberation, the jury has
found both men guilty on all
counts. Inner City Press live
tweeted it here:
now in US v.
Parnas and Kukushkin the jury
is coming back, at 2:57
pm. Judge Oetken: Good
afternoon. For the record.
I've marked Court Exhibit 5 as
the verdict 5.
Judge
Oekten: I received a note that
Juror 11 is the fore person.
Then a note at 2:40 pm that
the jury has reached a
verdict, signed by Juror 11.
Bring out the jury.
Judge Oetken:
Members of the jury, I've
received your notes. Mr.
Foreperson have you reached a
unanimous verdict? Juror 11:
We have, Your Honor. Judge
Oetken: Let me review it.
(Reads, silently).
Mr. Hampton will
now take the verdict.
Hampton: Count 1? Juror:
Guilty (both) Clerk:
Count Two? Juror 11: Guilty.
Clerk: Counts 3 and 4? Juror
11: Guilty. Clerk: Count 5
false statements? Juror 11:
Guilty. Clerk: Count 6? Juror
11: guilty
On October
14, Parnas' lawyer Joseph Bondy accused the
US Attorney's Office of racism, and AUSA
Hagen Scotten of threatening him with or
about a sidearm. Inner City Press live
tweeted it here
podcast here
On
the morning of October
15, before the jury came in, the
defense successfully argued to
have the jury instructed that the
Times Square
"street fight / racist"
video shown the day
before is not
relevant and is excluded.
Inner City Press
live tweeted
it here,
podcast here.
On October 18
to 1 pm, there
was more cross
examiation of
Van Rensburg,
and the beginning on
Caroline
Booth.
Inner City Press
live tweeted here
(podcast here)
(vlog here)
During the
afternoon of
October 18,
Bondy cross
examined Rep Pete Sessions' (now Liz
Cheney's)
staffer
Caroline
Boothe, mortgage
broker Ross
and lawyer /
notary
Preminger. The
question of
Parnas testifying
arose. Inner
City Press
live tweeted
it here.
On the morning
of October
19, an
argument out
of hearing of
the jury about
what Parnas could
be cross
examined
about, if he
testified.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted it here
(and podcast
here)
On the
afternoon of
October 19,
Ahearn of
America First
Action
was put on the
stand by the
defense, with
whether
Parnas will
follow him to
the stand
still left open.
Inner City
Press live tweeted
here and
below.
On
October
20 - drum roll
- the time for
Parnas to
decide to
testify or not
came. And... he did
not. Inner
City Press
live tweeted
it here: (and podcast
here)
And on
October 21,
the summations
or closing
arguments; Inner
City Press
live tweeted here
and here:
now
closing
arguments in
US v. Parnas
&
Kukushkin
Assistant US
Attorney Hagen
"Sidearm"
Scotten: Here
is what Ms.
Van Rensburg
did - exactly
what Parnas
told her to
do. Here are
the phone
records.
Special Agent
Thomas found
this form in
Mr. Parnas'
home, for
joining
Trump's
campaign
finance
committee
AUSA Scotten:
Joe Ahearn
testified that
Parnas knew
the rule
against
foreign
nationals
contributing.
As to
Kukushkin,
maybe he
wasn't
interested in
the news, but
he kept up
with what was
important to
him: cannabis
and illegal
campaign
contributions
AUSA Scotten:
Here is
Muraviev,
mooning the
Statue of
Liberty. This
is who
Kukushkin was
working with.
Kukushkin must
have known he
was a bad man.
AUSA Scotten
concludes
with, You'll
return the
only verdicts
supported by
the evidence,
guilty.
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
Roots Emails." Full letter on
Patreon here.
And now, song here.
On September 10, Igor "The
Glue" 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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