DOJ-OGR-00007002.pdf

--- Page 1 --- **Document Header** * Case Number: 1:20-cr-00330-PAE * Document Number: 459 * Filed Date: 11/15/21 * Page Number: 30 of 43 **Transcript of Court Proceedings** * **LalWmaxC** + lines. + (Persistent feedback) + THE COURT: I think we've muted everyone. + Ms. Williams, can you indicate by text whether you can hear me. + OK. And now I'll ask, Ms. Pomerantz, are you able to speak now? + MS. POMERANTZ: Yes, your Honor. + THE COURT: All right. I think we've done that so I'm going to have Ms. Williams please keep everyone muted until I call on them. That seems, hopefully, to be able to resolve the issue. + Go ahead, Ms. Pomerantz. + MS. POMERANTZ: Thank you, your Honor. + The government is not aware of any reason why Audrey Strauss's name would come up at trial, so the government doesn't understand the basis for the inclusion. + THE COURT: All right. + I'll ask for Ms. Sternheim to be unmuted, please, and then mute Ms. Pomerantz while -- + Go ahead, Ms. Sternheim. + MS. STERNHEIM: I am unmuted. And Judge, I just want you to know I have not moved my phone, so I do not think that I contributed to the problem before. + THE COURT: OK. **Footer** * SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. * (212) 805-0300 * DOJ-OGR-00007002