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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 759 Filed 08/10/22 Page 230 of 267 2258 LCAVMAX8 Swain - direct 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. Did there come a time when you asked her about the trip again? 3 4 A. Other than the night I brought her home? I tried to talk to her that night, and she said she was too tired to talk. 5 6 Q. Did you ask her about the trip once or more than once? 7 A. More than once. 8 Q. Did there come a time when you spoke with her about the trip to New Mexico after she returned from Thailand and Vietnam in the summer of 1996? 9 10 A. Yes. 11 12 Q. What did you ask her? 13 A. I asked her what happened when she was in New Mexico. 14 Q. What did Annie say in response? 15 A. She said, I don't want to talk about it. And I'm just not going to let it ruin my life. 16 17 Q. Based on your observations, how would you describe Annie's demeanor when you tried to talk to her about New Mexico? 18 19 A. She's just always very evasive and she didn't -- she just didn't want to discuss it. And she would always say the same thing: I'm not going to let it ruin my life. 20 21 22 MS. POMERANTZ: Your Honor, may I have just one moment? 23 24 THE COURT: You may. 25 (Counsel conferred) SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00016446