After Saipov Guilty on 28 Counts Future Danger To Be Argued For Death Penalty Phase

 

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 27 - Sayfullo Saipov after being found guilty on 28 counts now faces a penalty phase that may result in the death penalty for killing eight people with a van along the West Side Highway.

  On May 4, 2022 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Vernon S. Broderick held a conference on the case and Inner City Press live tweet it here and below.

On January 26, Saipov was found guilty on all counts, after jury questions about whether he did it to join or advance himself in ISIS or not. That will be a major issues, along with any mitigation, in the penalty phase to come.

After the verdict, Saipov's lead counsel wrote to Judge Broderick: "We write in anticipation of tomorrow’s conference. The defense intends to address with the Court the issues that remain outstanding from its omnibus challenge to the government’s penalty phase evidence, particularly with respect to the victim impact and future danger aggravators." Inner City Press will stay on the case.

The trial: on January 6, 2023 after a long jury selection that Inner City Press covered, some below, Judge Broderick confirmed that the trial would start January 9. And it did.

On January 23, the US put on as witnesses the medical examiner and a Bureau of Prisons official who searched Saipov's cell, thread here

On January 24, the US and defense presented closing arguments, then Judge Broderick solicited more submissions for his jury instruction. Thread here.

  On January 25, Judge Broderick heard argument on, and then read to the jury, his legal charge for this first stage. He issued a 33 page order largely denying Saipov's motions regarding any second phase, but granted one in part, on Factors, specifically the "Future Dangerousness" Non-statutory Factor.

Of this, Judge Broderick wrote that "the parties are directed to meet and confer about how to proceed on this factor. Either the government will be granted leave to file an amended notice reflecting the more narrowly tailored version of the Future Dangerouness factor a slimited to what Saipov can do in prison, or, the parties will inform me that the Future Dangerousness factor will be retained and propose a limiting instruction to the jury."

January 25 overtime thread

And on January 26 after more questions, the 28 guilty verdicts with the penalty phase to come.

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 Saipov in court courtesy of Elizabeth Williams

The case is US v. Saipov, 17-cr-722 (Broderick)

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In Trial of Yakubov for Jewel Theft Laundering Cooperator Pena Transcripts Shown Redacted

 

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell book

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 26 –  Stanislav Yakubov is on trial for money laundering in connection with thefts of expensive jewelry in the Diamond District in Manhattan, and in Queens.

On January 26, 2023 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Edgardo Ramos was presiding over the trial in large Courtroom 318 of 40 Foley Square. Inner City Press went and covered it.

  On the witness stand was a cooperator, Michols Pena. His cooperation agreement was shown, going beyond the crimes in the case to 25 DUIs, five fare beating and some some 20 fights. 

 Pena was shown redacted copies of transcripts of his appearances before SDNY Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, marked "sealed."

He was questioned by AUSA Chan about the money laundering, through the Colosseum in Queens, (well) over $10,000.  

  Now that the transcripts have been shown in open court - made public, albeit with redactions which were explained as to withhold irrelevant information from the jury - on what basis could they remain sealed in the docket?  

The case is US v. Yakubov, 22-cr-206 (Ramos)

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In Suit Against Cairo Amman Bank For Hamas Bombing Chart of Transactions Due by Jan 27

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell book

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 26 – Julie Averbach sued Cairo Amman Bank for allegedly helping Hamas, by transferring its and its leaders' money through JPMorgan Chase, BNY Mellon and Standard Chartered Bank; it had a correspondent banking relationship with Citibank. 

On January 19, 2023 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it. 

 The complaint describes a Hamas bombing in Jerusalem.

On January 19, Judge Parker ordered that the plaintiffs must provide the defendants with an updated chart of transactions by January 27, and that the motion to dismiss is due by February 17.

The case is Averbach et al v. Cairo Amman Bank, 19-cv-4 (Woods / Parker)

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In UN Money Murk DSG Lies on Taliban After SG Guterres Rebuffed Qatar Murder Q at UNCA

 

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell book

UN GATE, Jan 25 – The UN community in New York, clad in tuxedos and expensive gowns and cloaked in impunity and anonymity, converged on December 9, 2022 for a glitzy event in Cipriani at 25 Broadway in lower Manhattan.  

Inner City Press, banned from the UN by Sec-Gen Antonio Guterres, was outside, asking questions. It asked Guterres, as he entered, why he had said nothing about the 7000 migrant worker Qatar killed when he visited the World Cup there.  Video here.

  But where was the Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed, who watched and benefited while Inner City Press was caged with a mind on the UN's second floor - and did nothing - and now on its ban since - where was and is she? She was misspeaking in Geneva: she said, "just last week, the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee agreed to establish and fully fund a dedicated UN Youth Office."

But apparently that wasn't true, or jumped the gun. Now a sanitized version: "at the end of the 76th session, the General Assembly agreed to establish a dedicated UN Youth Office."

 So the Fifth Committee has NOT agreed? Note that it was while covering the Fifth Committee that Inner City Press was roughed up and banned since. Amina J. Mohammed. We said, more on her role and actions to come.

ANd now there is more, a bogus January 25, 2023 "press" conference with Inner City Press banned, softball questions from retirees and state media, full of lies - video here.

 Inner City Press also asked UN President of the General Assembly why it had been banned from his December 2, 2022 "Civil Society Town Hall Meeting," and then lied to be his spokesperson Paulina Kubiak, that there is an appeals process. Video here.

UN DSS Gilles Michaud hasn't even confirmed receipt, much less deliberated on the appeal Inner City Press filed on December 5, here.

It asked a UN Correspondent who did a fundraiser with global pedophile Ghisline Maxwell about it.

 And, in defense to the working paparazzi present, it filmed but did not question Kate Hudson, who it seems know nothing about the UN Correspondent Association whose prize she took.  Video here.

 On Twitter video live it asked Kubiak about the lie, and EU Ambassador Olof B. Skoog about being banned (he seemed to indicate he would do something, which would be easy for him - we'll see).  Twitter video 5 at 3:16, here

Event stakeout video 2 (Egypt), 3, 5, 6

This is the corruption of the UN. Inner City Press' appeal to re-enter and ask these questions as is its right remains pending. Watch this site.

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For Enabling Jeffrey Epstein US Virgin Islands Sued JPMC Now Rogatory to Cathy Alexander

 

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell book

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 25 – J.P. Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank were sued for their enabling of Jeffrey Epstein, in lawsuits filed on Thanksgiving in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where Inner City Press found them in the docket.

  The separate lawsuits allege that "without exorbitantly large amounts of cash, Epstein's operations could not run, as newly recruited victims were each paid hundreds of dollars in cash immediately after Epstein sexually abused them, as hush money."

   The JPM Chase complaint is on Patreon, here.

Later in December 2022, US Virgin Islands filed suit against JPMorgan Chase, stating that "JP Morgan knowingly facilitated, sustained and concealed the human trafficking network operated by Jeffrey Epstein from his home and base in the Virgin Islands and financial benefited from this participating by failing to comply with federal banking regulations." Judge Rakoff ordered: "ORDER: Barring any objection from plaintiff Government of the United States Virgin Islands, which must be made by joint telephone call to Chambers no later than 5:00 PM on January 4, 2023, this case is hereby consolidated for all pretrial purposes with Doe v. Deutsche Bank, 22- cv-10018 and Doe v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., 22-cv-10019."

Then the USVI Attorney General who sued Chase was fired: “I relieved Denise George of her duties as attorney general this weekend,” Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. said. “I thank her for her service to the people of the territory during the past four years as attorney general and wish her the best in her future endeavors. Assistant Attorney General Carol Thomas-Jacobs will serve as acting attorney general.”

Still, on January 23 Judge Rakoff signed off on Letters Rogatory in which is seeking from Cathy Alexander, Epstein's former co-manager on Little St. James, all communications with Epstein, Maxwell, Bella Klein, Daphne Wallace, Harry Beller, Leslie Groff, Sarah Kellen aka Sarah Kensington aka Sarah Vickers, Erika Kellerhals, Richard D. Kahn and/or Darren K. Indyke. Full 19 pages on Patreon here.

On November 29, the Doe v. bank(s) cases were assigned to SDNY Judge Jed S. Rakoff, as "related" to a previous case against Deutsche Bank he has. Both had a proceeding on December 5 that Inner City Press covered.

In the courtroom along with David Boies, Bradley Edwards, Sigrid McCawley et al was former SDNY prosecutor Robert Boone (Inner City Press covered him in the Michael Avenatti - Stormy Daniels criminal case), now representing JPMorgan Chase.

Both cases have the same pre-trial schedule, going forwar. But for now they have different trial dates: " barring further order of the Court, trial of the cases will proceed separately, with 22-cv-10018-UA starting trial on August 7, 2023 and 22-cv-10019-UA starting trial on September 5, 2023. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Jed S. Rakoff on 12/5/22) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:22-cv-10018-JSR, 1:22-cv-10019-JSR."

Deutsche Bank complaint on Patreon here

Maximum Maxwell book here.

Meanwhile, the UN has yet to answer Inner City Press on why SG Antonio Guterres maintained a rep on the board of Ghislaine Maxwell's Terramar Project (instead bannign the Press); Norway won't answer on its AMbasador Mona Juul and Terje Roed Larsen taking $130,000 personal loan from Epstein.

The JPMC case is Doe 1 v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., 22-cv-10019 (Rakoff)

Also now Government of the United States Virgin Islands v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., 22-cv-10904 (Rakoff)

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For Children Removed from UK Borough of Chelsea Suit Has Talia Becker Vs Davis Polk

 

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell book

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 23 – Two children are alleged to have been wrongfully removed from the UK to NYC. 

 On November 4, 2022, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge P. Kevin Castel held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it. 

 A question arose as to whether the plaintiff Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a full governmental instrumentality. Also, a question of standing.

Judge Castel ruled that within 14 days, the petitioner must file a letter-brief setting forth the basis for standing under the Hague Convention. Another proceeding as set.

Jump cut to January 23, 2023 in Judge Castel's courtroom. The defense was questioning a witness by video, about domestic violence and abuse claims, many of which the witness said she was not aware of.

Digging further into the docket, Davis Polk on January 24 got an exhibit sealed; a barrister's declaration cites the "extensive criminal record" of Mr. Samuel Ajala. Judge Castel has ordered respondent to refrain from making any threat to counsel for non-party CB-L, directly or indirectly.

Yet more digging in the docket finds that the case name in PACER misspells the respondents name as "Banfa" Louis (it is Tara Bafna-Louis), and find the redacted email that led to the cautionary order. In it, Bafna-Louis a/k/a Talia Becker wrote to Davis Polk's Dara Sheinfeld:

"Dara, can you imagine the memes that one could come up with for this? They are endless! 13-year old boy with so many lawyers from Davis Polk that they all forgot to show up in federal court?! Be prepared for us to battle this out in court and in social media / media."

The case is docketed at (with misspelling of respondent's last name) Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea v. Banfa-Louis, 22-cv-8303 (Castel)

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Guldi Guilty After Trial For Defrauding Ditech Financial Heard his Laughing Calls from Jail

 

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell book

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 25 – George Guldi was imprisoned in the Marcy Correctional Facility in New York on March 28, 2017 when he received in the mail a notice that a lender "has received your payment in the amount of $253,236.00."

His mind began to whirl. 

 Now Guldi is on trial, presided over by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein.

On January 18, he sat at defense table as audio of his jail calls with Victoria Davidson was played for the jury. 

 In it, Guldi is surprisingly upbeat, laughing frequently. Davidson said, What kind of attorney do you need?"

Guldi replied, "The kind I was."

Davidson says, Ha, ha, who's too smart for his own good." 

 The trial involves the multiply-sued bank Wells Fargo, on which Inner City Press also reports. The prosecutors' gloss: "George Guldi and Victoria Davidson - the defendants are charged with wire fraud, bank fraud, and wire and bank fraud conspiracy in connection with their alleged involvement in 2017 in a scheme to fraudulently induce Ditech Financial LLC, a mortgage lending business, to wire them more than $250,000."

On January 25, Guldi and Victoria Davidson were found guilty on all charges and sentencing set for May 30 and May 31, respectively.

The case is US v. Guldi et al., 19-cr-126 (Hellerstein)

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