Case 1:20-cr-00330 Document #:61 Filed:02/24/22 Page 143 of 130
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1 Bronxville, but the same phone number.
2 Q. You would agree with me, would you not, that that's the
3 very same computer research over the course of a couple of
4 minutes that you could have done on May 12th, right?
5 A. Well, one could have done that on May 12th. We didn't have
6 Ms. Conrad's phone number on May 12.
7 Q. So the answer is yes, you could have done that research on
8 May 12th, right?
9 A. I could have done a Google search --
10 Q. Was there something unintelligible about my question?
11 MR. SCHECTMAN: There's nothing unintelligible about
12 the answer, if you would allow the witness to finish.
13 THE COURT: Overruled.
14 Q. Could you answer? Could you have done that research on
15 May 12?
16 A. No. I can explain.
17 Q. Well, you were informed there was a Catherine Conrad
18 suspension report by Theresa Trzaskoma, correct?
19 A. No.
20 Q. Didn't Theresa Trzaskoma tell you that she had seen
21 evidence that there was a suspended New York attorney named
22 Catherine Conrad? Didn't you just tell that to us a few
23 minutes ago?
24 A. No. What I said was she had told me there was a suspended
25 lawyer with the name Catherine Conrad. She did not mention a
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Case 1:20-cr-00330 Document #:61 Filed:02/24/22 Page 143 of 130
A-5796
339
C2GFDAU3 Edelstein
1 Bronxville, but the same phone number.
2 Q. You would agree with me, would you not, that that's the
3 very same computer research over the course of a couple of
4 minutes that you could have done on May 12th, right?
5 A. Well, one could have done that on May 12th. We didn't have
6 Ms. Conrad's phone number on May 12.
7 Q. So the answer is yes, you could have done that research on
8 May 12th, right?
9 A. I could have done a Google search --
10 Q. Was there something unintelligible about my question?
11 MR. SCHECTMAN: There's nothing unintelligible about
12 the answer, if you would allow the witness to finish.
13 THE COURT: Overruled.
14 Q. Could you answer? Could you have done that research on
15 May 12?
16 A. No. I can explain.
17 Q. Well, you were informed there was a Catherine Conrad
18 suspension report by Theresa Trzaskoma, correct?
19 A. No.
20 Q. Didn't Theresa Trzaskoma tell you that she had seen
21 evidence that there was a suspended New York attorney named
22 Catherine Conrad? Didn't you just tell that to us a few
23 minutes ago?
24 A. No. What I said was she had told me there was a suspended
25 lawyer with the name Catherine Conrad. She did not mention a
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
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C2GFDAU3 Edelstein 339
1 Bronxville, but the same phone number.
2 Q. You would agree with me, would you not, that that's the
3 very same computer research over the course of a couple of
4 minutes that you could have done on May 12th, right?
5 A. Well, one could have done that on May 12th. We didn't have
6 Ms. Conrad's phone number on May 12.
7 Q. So the answer is yes, you could have done that research on
8 May 12th, right?
9 A. I could have done a Google search --
10 Q. Was there something unintelligible about my question?
11 MR. SCHECTMAN: There's nothing unintelligible about
12 the answer, if you would allow the witness to finish.
13 THE COURT: Overruled.
14 Q. Could you answer? Could you have done that research on
15 May 12?
16 A. No. I can explain.
17 Q. Well, you were informed there was a Catherine Conrad
18 suspension report by Theresa Trzaskoma, correct?
19 A. No.
20 Q. Didn't Theresa Trzaskoma tell you that she had seen
21 evidence that there was a suspended New York attorney named
22 Catherine Conrad? Didn't you just tell that to us a few
23 minutes ago?
24 A. No. What I said was she had told me there was a suspended
25 lawyer with the name Catherine Conrad. She did not mention a
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C2GFDAU3 Edelstein 339
1 Bronxville, but the same phone number.
2 Q. You would agree with me, would you not, that that's the
3 very same computer research over the course of a couple of
4 minutes that you could have done on May 12th, right?
5 A. Well, one could have done that on May 12th. We didn't have
6 Ms. Conrad's phone number on May 12.
7 Q. So the answer is yes, you could have done that research on
8 May 12th, right?
9 A. I could have done a Google search --
10 Q. Was there something unintelligible about my question?
11 MR. SCHECTMAN: There's nothing unintelligible about
12 the answer, if you would allow the witness to finish.
13 THE COURT: Overruled.
14 Q. Could you answer? Could you have done that research on
15 May 12?
16 A. No. I can explain.
17 Q. Well, you were informed there was a Catherine Conrad
18 suspension report by Theresa Trzaskoma, correct?
19 A. No.
20 Q. Didn't Theresa Trzaskoma tell you that she had seen
21 evidence that there was a suspended New York attorney named
22 Catherine Conrad? Didn't you just tell that to us a few
23 minutes ago?
24 A. No. What I said was she had told me there was a suspended
25 lawyer with the name Catherine Conrad. She did not mention a
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
DOJ-OGR-00010079