House Oversight Deposition Designation Dispute Highlights Procedural Arguments

10 id. 12 13 14 L5 16 ne) 18 life) 20 21 22 23 24 25 149 H3vlgiu2 leading, they could both be exact opposite questions. The witnesses would say the Fifth to everything, and then you look at the jury and you say, okay, now you can impose an adverse inference against anybody you want to based on the questions that the lawyers asked. I mean, that's really what this ends up being, and it's a waste of time, and it is of no evidentiary significance. Then the last point, which I'm just going to need to correct Mr. Cassell on, the plaintiffs were saying somehow that we were untimely in not designating portions of these depositions which we believe are wholly inadmissible, and the point of our reply was, wait a minute, you didn't designate any of this testimony until after the designation date was over. (Continued on next page) SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011452