by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Song Substack
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE, April 14 – Pras Michel's trial started with jury selection on March 27 on charges of working for Jho Low to lobby the Obama then Trump administrations.
He also met with China about Guo Wengui / Miles Kwok, detained last week along with his chief of staff Yvette Wang on fraud charges - Inner City Press story here, stand-up here. Jho Low book here.
On March 24, the business day before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia trial, Michel's lawyers put in a supplemental witness list including... Steve Bannon. List on Patreon here. Pras Guo for Jho Low trial song here.
On the eve of jury selection, Michel filed his list of 216 exhibits, including "77 Elliot Broidy WhatsApp Message, Interview of Steve Wynn 8/31/2020; Proffer of Pakazrel “Pras” Michel; Email Pollack to Pras re: pre-indictment resolution." Full list on Patreon here.
Inner City Press live tweeted the Michel trial opening, and first witnesses. On Sunday April 9 Michel filed this: "the defense requests that the prosecution grant statutory immunity to Mr. White or, in the alternative, agree to dismiss the election law counts against Mr. Michel if the denial of statutory immunity is more important to the government than getting a conviction on the election law counts" Filing on Patreon here.
On April 14, after the US abruptly ended its case in chief, this: " MINUTE ORDER as to PRAKAZREL MICHEL (1): The court reporter recently informed the court that she inadvertently sent a copy of yesterday afternoon's transcript to the Government that included the Court's ex parte conversation with defense counsel as to a theory of defense. The court reporter asked the Government to disregard that copy and conveyed a new copy excluding the ex parte conversation. For the avoidance of doubt, Government counsel is directed to disregard and delete the 10:50 PM ET April 13, 2023 email from the court reporter. Signed by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on April 14, 2023." Watch this site.
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