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C2GFDAU1 Brune - direct 272 1 correct? 2 A. I don't know about that. I know that we had it or she had 3 it or had read it on the computer that morning in the office. 4 My recollection is that we were kind of laptops down during 5 jury selection. 6 Q. Did you have access to a printer here in court? 7 A. We did. 8 Q. It was back somewhere in the nether regions? 9 A. Yes, it was back in that room that's right in the entryway. 10 Q. Now, at the beginning of the third day of voir dire, do you 11 recall Ms. Trzaskoma raising a concern about the person I'll 12 called Juror No. 20 whose mother worked at the FBI and who 13 showed up the third day wearing the FBI turtleneck? 14 A. I will never forget that. I remember it very clearly. 15 Q. You found that very significant? 16 A. I did indeed. 17 Q. More significant can than the potentiality that someone 18 might be a suspended attorney? 19 A. I think you understand I didn't believe there was a 20 potentiality. 21 Q. You didn't know, Ms. Brune, did you? 22 A. At the time based on the juror's sworn statements, I 23 believed she was someone else entirely. I obviously didn't 24 know that she was the suspended lawyer. 25 Q. Well, you acquire knowledge by asking questions in many SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00010012 --- PAGE BREAK --- Case 1:20-cr-00338-PAE Document 161 Filed 02/24/22 Page 443 of 130 A-5729 272 C2GFDAU1 Brune - direct 1 correct? 2 A. I don't know about that. I know that we had it or she had 3 it or had read it on the computer that morning in the office. 4 My recollection is that we were kind of laptops down during 5 jury selection. 6 Q. Did you have access to a printer here in court? 7 A. We did. 8 Q. It was back somewhere in the nether regions? 9 A. Yes, it was back in that room that's right in the entryway. 10 Q. Now, at the beginning of the third day of voir dire, do you 11 recall Ms. Trzaskoma raising a concern about the person I'll 12 called Juror No. 20 whose mother worked at the FBI and who 13 showed up the third day wearing the FBI turtleneck? 14 A. I will never forget that. I remember it very clearly. 15 Q. You found that very significant? 16 A. I did indeed. 17 Q. More significant than the potentiality that someone 18 might be a suspended attorney? 19 A. I think you understand I didn't believe there was a 20 potentiality. 21 Q. You didn't know, Ms. Brune, did you? 22 A. At the time based on the juror's sworn statements, I 23 believed she was someone else entirely. I obviously didn't 24 know that she was the suspended lawyer. 25 Q. Well, you acquire knowledge by asking questions in many SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00009333

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C2GFDAU1 Brune - direct 272 1 correct? 2 A. I don't know about that. I know that we had it or she had 3 it or had read it on the computer that morning in the office. 4 My recollection is that we were kind of laptops down during 5 jury selection. 6 Q. Did you have access to a printer here in court? 7 A. We did. 8 Q. It was back somewhere in the nether regions? 9 A. Yes, it was back in that room that's right in the entryway. 10 Q. Now, at the beginning of the third day of voir dire, do you 11 recall Ms. Trzaskoma raising a concern about the person I'll 12 called Juror No. 20 whose mother worked at the FBI and who 13 showed up the third day wearing the FBI turtleneck? 14 A. I will never forget that. I remember it very clearly. 15 Q. You found that very significant? 16 A. I did indeed. 17 Q. More significant can than the potentiality that someone 18 might be a suspended attorney? 19 A. I think you understand I didn't believe there was a 20 potentiality. 21 Q. You didn't know, Ms. Brune, did you? 22 A. At the time based on the juror's sworn statements, I 23 believed she was someone else entirely. I obviously didn't 24 know that she was the suspended lawyer. 25 Q. Well, you acquire knowledge by asking questions in many SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00010012
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Case 1:20-cr-00338-PAE Document 161 Filed 02/24/22 Page 443 of 130 A-5729 272 C2GFDAU1 Brune - direct 1 correct? 2 A. I don't know about that. I know that we had it or she had 3 it or had read it on the computer that morning in the office. 4 My recollection is that we were kind of laptops down during 5 jury selection. 6 Q. Did you have access to a printer here in court? 7 A. We did. 8 Q. It was back somewhere in the nether regions? 9 A. Yes, it was back in that room that's right in the entryway. 10 Q. Now, at the beginning of the third day of voir dire, do you 11 recall Ms. Trzaskoma raising a concern about the person I'll 12 called Juror No. 20 whose mother worked at the FBI and who 13 showed up the third day wearing the FBI turtleneck? 14 A. I will never forget that. I remember it very clearly. 15 Q. You found that very significant? 16 A. I did indeed. 17 Q. More significant than the potentiality that someone 18 might be a suspended attorney? 19 A. I think you understand I didn't believe there was a 20 potentiality. 21 Q. You didn't know, Ms. Brune, did you? 22 A. At the time based on the juror's sworn statements, I 23 believed she was someone else entirely. I obviously didn't 24 know that she was the suspended lawyer. 25 Q. Well, you acquire knowledge by asking questions in many SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00009333