DOJ-OGR-00018126.pdf

--- Page 1 --- **Document Extraction** **Case Information:** * Case Number: 1:20-cr-00330-PAE * Document Number: 749 * Filed Date: 08/10/22 * Page Number: 25 of 236 **Header:** * Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE * Document 749 * Filed 08/10/22 * Page 25 of 236 **Footer:** * SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. * (212) 805-0300 * DOJ-OGR-00018126 **Text:** 1. occur at this trial. 2. So our view is that it should be admitted now, 3. regardless of future witness testimony based on the record to 4. date and the arguments from the defense about what was going 5. on, the age of the victims, and whether anyone was interested 6. in underage girls. 7. So we would ask the Court to admit this evidence now, 8. but if the Court's ruling is dependent upon the prospective 9. testimony of a witness, we would have no objection to offering 10. it subject to connection or the Court reserving on that issue. 11. THE COURT: So for the reasons that I permitted 12. testimony similar, I concluded it was relevant and not 13. outweighed by prejudice. That's my point, is consistency. I 14. think for the timeframe issue, I'll reserve subject to 15. connection. 16. MS. MOE: Yes, your Honor. Just so I understand how 17. to navigate that issue with this witness, would the Court's 18. preference be -- I'm just thinking about the mechanics of this 19. in terms of what's coming out before the jury to lay the 20. foundation for this before the Court reserves, being mindful 21. that the Court is reserving on this issue. 22. THE COURT: This is coming in through photographs, I 23. presume? 24. MS. MOE: Yes, your Honor. There are photographs of 25. those costumes. Because they are folded, we are also offering **Note:** The text is extracted exactly as it appears in the image, including the formatting and layout.