The Division of Justice (DOJ) is asking the court docket to exclude the testimony of the professional witnesses who will testify on behalf of former crypto golden boy Sam Bankman-Fried.
Bankman-Fried, the founding father of collapsed crypto change FTX who’s going through felony fees for mishandling his agency’s buyer funds, needs to current seven professional witnesses at his trial however the prosecution questions the legality of the proposal.
In a motion filed on August twenty eighth, the USA authorities, represented by U.S. Legal professional Damian Williams, says that the proposed testimonies of Lawrence Akka, Thomas Bishop, Brian Kim, Joseph Pimbley, Bradley Smith, Peter Vinella and Andrew Di Wu in addition to the accompanying disclosures endure from an array of deficiencies.
The submitting says that Bankman-Fried’s’ attorneys did not disclose the witnesses’ opinions and set up the premise for these opinions in violation of court docket guidelines.
“The place the defendant does disclose the professional’s opinions, the opinions are inappropriate topics for professional testimony, lack a dependable methodology or foundation in details and knowledge, or are irrelevant, unfairly prejudicial, and complicated to the jury.”
The prosecution says the proposed opinions of the witnesses is an impermissible professional testimony.
“The proposed specialists would provide authorized conclusions that invade the purview of the Courtroom and the jury, or serve no different objective than to supply an professional patina to inadmissible rumour testimony in regards to the defendant’s supposed lack of felony data or intent.”
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