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Case#: 2326-1030308-AENuDocument#: 64402/2Exhib#: 03282022Page#: 2136df3030 A-5808 C2GFDAU3 Edelstein 351 1 said that you had a conversation with Susan Brune, yes or no? 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. Okay, and as a result of that discussion you decided what 4 you would omit from the brief, correct? 5 A. I wouldn't characterize it as omit. 6 Q. Okay, let's just stop there. You and Susan Brune discussed 7 the fact that you wouldn't include certain things you knew 8 about before the juror note in your brief, yes or no? 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. So isn't that a decision that you made with Susan Brune 11 about what you would omit from the brief, yes or no? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. So when you answered my questions a few minutes ago when I 14 asked you whether you decided with Susan Brune that you would 15 omit something, you said no. Was that an untrue answer before? 16 A. Well, I'm not sure if that was the exact question. I'm 17 not -- I'm not trying to lie here or give you a hard time. 18 These are difficult questions to answer. In looking back and 19 trying to figure out what the process was for writing this 20 brief, if I had to do it over again would I do it differently? 21 Yes. In hindsight should we have dropped a footnote saying 22 that we, you know, knew that there was a suspended lawyer with 23 the same name? If I had to do it over again I would certainly 24 do that. And I'm very sorry for any misimpression the brief 25 has created. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00010091