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Document A-5738

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Summary: Ms. Brune testifies about a conversation with Ms. Trzaskoma regarding Juror No. 1's identity, stating that Ms. Trzaskoma expressed doubts but did not mention a Westlaw report. Ms. Brune concludes that Juror No. 1 is who she claimed to be.
Significance: This deposition testimony is potentially important as it sheds light on the investigation into Juror No. 1's identity and the discussions surrounding a potentially suspicious juror.
Key Topics: Discussion about Juror No. 1's identity Conversation between Ms. Brune and Ms. Trzaskoma regarding a potentially suspicious juror Mention of a Westlaw report and its absence from the conversation
Key People:
  • Ms. Brune - Witness being deposed
  • Ms. Trzaskoma - Person who had a conversation with Ms. Brune about Juror No. 1
  • Laurie Edelstein - Colleague of Ms. Brune, referenced for her thoroughness
  • Catherine Conrad - Suspended attorney potentially matching Juror No. 1's identity
  • Judge Pauley - Judge before whom Juror No. 1 was sworn

Full Text

C2GFDAU1 Brune - direct 281 1 the same problem of trying to remember what was said versus 2 what was thought, but I think what was discussed is, look, it's 3 not her. She's sworn before Judge Pauley, the note doesn't 4 change the picture and, you know, this is kind of crazy. You 5 can't start sending a private investigator out on a juror. She 6 said she's someone else, she seems like a housewife from 7 Bronxville. It would be unfathomable or inconceivable or 8 something for a person who was in fact a lawyer to have sworn 9 under oath that she was someone else. It was something where 10 we discussed it and concluded that it made no sense, and Juror 11 No. 1 was who she said she was. 12 Q. So just so I'm clear, Ms. Brune, Ms. Trzaskoma did tell you 13 in that conversation that she thought Juror No. 1 could be 14 Catherine Conrad the suspended attorney? 15 A. What she said is that note makes me wonder if it could be 16 the same person. 17 Q. And are you telling me that Ms. Trzaskoma made no mention 18 whatsoever of the Westlaw report that she had found? 19 A. I'm confident that's so, and here's why. Laurie Edelstein 20 is the kind of person who will always kind of say, well, show 21 me the case, she show me the document. She's extremely thorough, 22 and if she had referenced the document in the conversation 23 that's what Ms. Edelstein would have said. So I know that 24 there was no reference to it in the conversation. 25 Q. So even as you're standing there, Ms. Brune, the thought SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00010021