by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Dec 4 – At 4:30 pm on September 16 Inner City Press was told by its SDNY source to expect "the big one" - Sean Combs - the next day in the courtroom here.
At US Attorney Damian Williams' press conference Inner City Press asked if his office would be seeking detention - Yes, he said. Detention memo on Patreon here.
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On November 22, Inner City Press live tweeted the bail arguments, here. Judge Subramanian did not decide, instead asking for letter by Monday at noon
On November 27 past 5 pm Judge Subramanian issued a five page order denying bail - order on Inner City Press' DocumentCloud here.
On December 4 Combs' lawyer complained about his laptop access, that "Mr. Combs has two options related to his laptop. These restrictions are untenable" - letter on Patreon here
Late on December 4 Combs' lawyer Alexandra Shapiro filed a 30 page memo including that "it is not clear to the defense that Investigator-1 is actually an MDC employee. For example, the assistant warden at the MDC has since represented that Investigator-1 is not anyone under his command, and the agent who interviewed Mr. Combs during the sweep was not based in New York.... Dismissal of the indictment may therefore be warranted upon development of the full factual record at a hearing" - full memo on Patreon here
Combs' lawyer have argued he should be freed since Abercrombie's Jeffries was; the US replied in part that Abercrombie's Matthew C. Smith was detained.
Smith appeared in EDNY on December 3 - and was freed on $10 million bond, on DOJ's consent.
extra/analysis on X for Subscribers here & Substack here
The case is USA v. Combs, 1:24-cr-542 (Subramanian)
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