Defense attorneys were scheduled to make their opening statements later.
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Now let's turn to the candidates for their opening statements.
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Here's what you need to know ahead of opening statements.
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After opening statements, the hearing began with subcommittee chair Sen.
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Help me' Opening statements Monday focused mostly on the killing.
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Opening statements in the colorful trial came on Nov. 6.
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Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat, will both have opening statements.
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Opening statements for Manafort's second trial are scheduled for Sept.
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Defense attorney Dick DeGuerin makes his opening statements on Tuesday.
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Lawyers on both sides give opening statements and closing arguments.
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Rogers had previously focused on Jean's whereabouts during opening statements.
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Opening statements by committee members will take place on Sept.
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Attorneys give opening statements "Focus on what was going through Michael Rosfeld's mind at the time that he shot and killed 17-year-old Antwon Rose," prosecutor Dan Fitzsimmons told jurors during opening statements.
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After opening statements, he was called to give his initial testimony.
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In opening statements Monday, their lawyers denied that they took bribes.
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Several who put on glasses for the start of opening statements.
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And yesterday was just opening statements — the real grilling begins today.
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Ismael Zambada figured heavily in the defense's opening statements on Tuesday.
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The Senate will consider the question of witnesses after opening statements.
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That trial is scheduled to begin with opening statements on Sept.
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That day will come this week, with opening statements and testimony.
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Opening statements are not expected until the week of March 2.
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They are permitted to give opening statements, but no closing statements.
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Mr. Nadler called a recess after the opening statements late Wednesday.
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"I remember him interrupting me, upbraiding me in front of the jury during opening statements — and you never interrupt a lawyer during opening statements unless it's something really egregious," Clark tells Traister in New York Magazine.
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Trump's opposition to the merger did not come up during opening statements.
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Both sides are making their opening statements in a DC court today.
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His attorney, Maddox Kilgore, acknowledged several "sexual sins" during the opening statements.
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The trial began with opening statements from the two companies' head attorneys.
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The hearing's opening statements, by Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Rep.
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After opening statements two weeks ago, Christian M. Milton testified on Sept.
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After the two top Intelligence Committee leaders read their opening statements, Rep.
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The Twitter CEO also tweeted out the entirety of his opening statements.
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Opening statements in the trial are expected to take place next week.
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The prosecution and defense will make their opening statements on Jan. 22.
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The defense team has 24 cumulative hours to present its opening statements.
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After opening statements in the House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing, GOP Rep.
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Devin Nunes of California, will kick off the hearings with opening statements.
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The second trial, in which opening statements are scheduled to begin Sept.
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That's what prosecutors said Wednesday in opening statements of his double murder trial.
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The judge delivered instructions to the jury, and the lawyers gave opening statements.
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Defense attorneys said in their opening statements that the prosecution's case lacks evidence.
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Opening statements are scheduled for Monday in federal court in Newark, New Jersey.
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That session is likely to see little more than opening statements by lawmakers.
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It's just one of countless embarrassing quotes paraded out today during opening statements.
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The trial lasted just over eight months, from opening statements to the verdict.
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They'll also get opening statements from officials who will introduce Kavanaugh, including Sen.
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Opening statements in the trial were set for Thursday, according to the paper.
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"This case really isn't about what happened," Lowell told jurors during opening statements.
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Apparently his opening statements have made quite the impression on other law firms.
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A markup of the reworked bill will start Tuesday evening with opening statements.
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Mr. Noor's lawyers contended in their opening statements that he had acted reasonably.
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The president's defense team has begun its opening statements and will continue Monday.
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Opening statements in his retrial on those charges are scheduled for April 9.
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In opening statements, Cheronis said that Haley had changed her story multiple times.
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Yellen's last five opening statements averaged about 14, or two years of college.
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Officials expect the jury to be seated and opening statements to begin on Tuesday.
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As the opening statements finally got underway, the ranking Democrat on the committee, Sen.
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We'll begin with 303 second opening statements from each candidate, starting with Secretary Clinton.
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Opening statements are scheduled to begin on Monday in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn.
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Cory Booker delivered their opening statements, forcing the moderators to briefly stop the debate.
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Additionally, the opening statements of several witnesses have been made available after their testimony.
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We're going to begin with 953- second opening statements from each of the candidates.
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"This issue is urgent," said Senate Intel Chairman Richard Burr in his opening statements.
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Opening statements are due to begin June 143 in Montgomery County, north of Philadelphia.
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Not sure it's going to make it through the opening statements of this hearing.
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The judge will then ask for opening statements from the prosecutor and the defendant.
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Earlier, attorneys delivered opening statements, with a prosecutor holding up the alleged murder weapon.
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There are no opening statements or the press stories that accompany a jury trial.
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" In the opening statements, one of Salman's lawyers said, "Omar Mateen is a monster.
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Ellis limited opening statements to 30 minutes for each side when the trial commenced.
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Cooper and Hale were sworn in following opening statements delivered by Schiff and Nunes.
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Opening statements are scheduled for Monday in a jury trial in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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In opening statements, House managers examined the debunked conspiracy theories invoked by Pres. Trump.
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The White House's defense team will begin their opening statements after Democrats have finished.
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I watched the opening [statements], I watched the interaction there … There was nothing there.
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Pallone wanted to extend his colleagues opening statements from three minutes to five minutes.
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In their opening statements, Jones' lawyers claimed he suffers from undiagnosed schizophrenia, The State reports.
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Opening statements follow jury selection, which began on Monday and wrapped up late on Tuesday.
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Helen's public defender, Judie Smith, acknowledged the tragedy of the case in her opening statements.
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Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial got underway Monday morning with opening statements from both sides.
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The Pentagon and State Department released their closed-door opening statements ahead of the briefing.
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Opening statements in the suit were heard at the Maricopa County superior court on Monday.
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Committee leadership dinged the administration on its response to escalating incidents in their opening statements.
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The defendants' lawyers said in their opening statements Monday that they did not take bribes.
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Prosecutors described Manafort as a "shrewd" liar in the opening statements for his trial today.
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Manafort reacted differently to the prosecutors' opening statements than to those of his own attorney.
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The night started with some audio problems during opening statements, particularly noticeable during Harris's address.
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Each side will now have three days to make its opening statements instead of two.
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But just one hour before opening statements were set to begin, a settlement was announced.
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The witnesses will then be sworn in and get to deliver their own opening statements.
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Following approximately three hours of opening statements from Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-NY, Rep.
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In their opening statements, the top committee Republican and Democrat were both generally favorable to Mattis.
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"There's nothing wrong with me psychologically," Roof told the jury during his opening statements last week.
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Did you hear in the opening statements, she blamed Malcolm Butler&aposs actions for the loss?
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Roof was "cold and calculating" in planning an attack, a federal prosecutor said in opening statements.
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Swift's attorney, in earlier opening statements, said Mueller is only suing her for money and fame.
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"This case is perhaps unique in the state of Minnesota," Eide said in his opening statements.
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Opening statements in the trial are set for Wednesday, after the jury was finalized on Tuesday.
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These two opening statements have refreshed my recollection about certain conversations in early September 27. 26.
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The judge in the case agreed to delay opening statements in the case by one week.
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But in their opening statements in Fields' trial Thursday, they disagreed about why he did it.
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The jury was also expected to hear opening statements by a prosecutor and Mr. Ullah's lawyer.
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There will be no opening statements, and each candidate will give a one-minute closing statement.
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"'Fake it until you make it,'" her lawyer Todd Spodek said during opening statements last month.
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The judge barred the defense from using the words "scapegoat" and "cover-up" during opening statements.
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Republicans used their opening statements to praise Judge Kavanaugh as highly qualified and a good man.
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They have the rest of Thursday and then all of Friday to complete their opening statements.
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"It's a cautionary tale," the prosecutor, Joan Illuzzi, told jurors in her opening statements in October.
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The trial is scheduled to begin with opening statements on Monday, and last about 10 days.
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The trial began on Monday, but opening statements are not expected for at least another week.
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THE ARGUMENTS After opening statements, senators will have a chance to cross-examine the two sides.
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McConnell and most Republicans want a quick trial with opening statements, evidence, closing statements, boom, vote.
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After opening statements, senators will have 16 hours total to question the managers and Trump lawyers.
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Much of the time is taken up with opening statements from the members of the committee.
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The committee is expected to take a recess after the opening statements until 9 a.m. Thursday.
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Doug Collins of Georgia, are expected to deliver opening statements at the start of the hearing.
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Opening statements are delivered by one person and closing statements can be made by two people.
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Jurors heard opening statements Thursday in a trial to decide whether Olsen is guilty of murder.
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Hot car death trial Opening statements are set to start this week in Justin Ross Harris' trial.
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Prosecutor Sharad Khandelwal made the claim Monday during opening statements in the trial of Marq Vincent Perez.
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"Michael Gargiulo for almost 15 years, was watching," prosecutor Dan Akemon said during opening statements last week.
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Part 1 This debate didn't feature opening statements, opting to start with questions right off the bat.
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In opening statements, Baez insisted Caylee had drowned accidentally in the family's pool on June 16, 2008.
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In his opening statements, McLawhorn's attorney, Nicholas McGregor, argued that his client would be found not guilty.
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Plaintiffs' lawyers hit Bayer with those allegations in their opening statements for the second phase on Wednesday.
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Ramos took a "cheap shot" at Harris' head, Joyce said in opening statements, according to the station.
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Opening statements could begin as soon as Wednesday, and the trial could last at least two weeks.
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Chairman Chuck Grassley hit the gavel around 9:35 AM and tried to give his opening statements.
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Tuesday's opening statements and testimony came after the jury was also selected and sworn in on Tuesday.
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" But by the end, she backed Judge Kavanaugh: "Listening to the judge's opening statements gave me chills.
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Ahead of the opening statements, Judge Leon said he also wanted to question third parties including Google.
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"She was determined to keep her secret," Warren County Assistant Prosecutor Steve Knippen said during opening statements.
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National Geographic Channel wanted to film the meeting, but the Congressional representatives only wanted opening statements filmed.
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Sciorra's testimony came a day after prosecutors and defense attorneys gave their opening statements in Weinstein's trial.
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Go deeper: Read the witnesses' full opening statements Read Collins' opening statement Read Chairman Nadler's opening statement
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From there, the trial will proceed with opening statements and cross-examination of accusers and other witnesses.
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The New York Republican added that it's possible more tensions flare when questioning begins after opening statements.
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Jerry Nadler, who&aposs serving as one of the House impeachment managers, began his opening statements, Sen.
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The first 10-ish minutes of his opening statements was delivered in something close to a yell.
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"The truth was always out there, buried in their backyard," prosecutor Mizrahi said Tuesday during opening statements.
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The hearing itself lasted just 15 minutes, with opening statements from Nadler and the panel's top Republican, Rep.
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Lawyers for the state made those claims in their opening statements in a state court in Norman, Oklahoma.
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In their opening statements, defense attorney Tye Harmon said he would argue the incident was a tragic accident.
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In the same interview this morning, Inskeep asked Gorka about the president's opening statements to Congress Tuesday night.
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The courtroom will be closed to the public during jury selection Opening statements are scheduled for November 13.
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Judge Navarro slated a hearing for Friday to deal with various evidentiary issues in advance of opening statements.
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Tuesday's hearing will largely focus on opening statements from senators, while formal questioning of Kavanaugh will begin Wednesday.
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During their opening statements, they downplayed her relationship with Rivera, saying it was fizzling out at the time.
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I was also glad to see him miss the opening statements because it put Foggy to the test.
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The opening statements made clear that a Libyan witness, identified as "Ali," will be important in the case.
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Opening statements started Tuesday morning and were set to continue in the afternoon when the settlement was announced.
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Opening statements in Bill Cosby's retrial on three state charges of aggravated indecent assault are set for Monday.
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The hearing got off to a slow start, with roughly an hour and a half of opening statements.
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A plan put forward by Mitch McConnell would feature opening statements from both sides, then questions from senators.
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How to Follow Along: The New York Times congressional team will be covering Wednesday's opening statements at www.nytimes.com.
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The trial is scheduled to begin on September 30, with jury selection and opening statements slated for October 543.
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It takes several hours and consists of dozens of committee members and a few expert witnesses reading opening statements.
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Prosecutors said during their opening statements that Rice's status as a supervisor meant he held culpability for Gray's death.
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A jury was seated this week in Charleston, South Carolina, and opening statements are set to begin Thursday morning.
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Of the 70 protesters arrested during the committee's opening statements regarding Kavanaugh on Tuesday, a whopping 63 were women.
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With opening statements, two hours of debate time, commercials, and closing statements, it will end around 265:2000 p.
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That fall was made clear with a dramatic finger-point early in assistant district attorney Kristen Feden's opening statements.
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FBI Counterintelligence Division Assistant Director Bill Priestap laid out in his opening statements what Russia's end game was: power.
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"You'll see that it was Mr. Apperson who had it out for George Zimmerman," Stone said in opening statements.
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Gawker's post was motivated by power and brand promotion, an attorney for the wrestler told jurors during opening statements.
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ABC said candidates would deliver opening statements at the beginning of the debate but would not give closing statements.
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Opening statements need to be trimmed, with details provided on-line to the media (and public) in fact sheets.
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" When the time came for opening statements, Zhang rose from her seat and said simply: "Good afternoon, judge ... jury.
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Go deeper: Legal scholars called by Democrats say Trump has committed impeachable offenses Read the witnesses' full opening statements
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Senators will vote on whether to hear witnesses and admit new documents after both sides have finished opening statements.
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In opening statements, attorney Damon Cheronis had said the defense planned to highlight the "inconsistencies" in each woman's story.
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On their second day of opening statements, the seven House Democrats, led by Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
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Jackson said her decision to postpone the date of opening statements represented a compromise between Manafort's lawyers and Mueller.
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Now the committee had decided to hold an evening's worth of five-minute opening statements for all 225 lawmakers.
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HB: ... Opening statements from the chair, Jerry Nadler, and ranking ... Interruption: Mr. Chairman, I have a point of order.
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MSNBC carried the opening statements and dipped in and out, but largely charged through with normal prime time programming.
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The trial is expected to last three weeks, per The Wall Street Journal, kicking off with today's opening statements.
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In their 10-minute opening statements, Democratic senators made no attempt to quibble with Judge Gorsuch's qualifications or temperament.
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The witnesses are expected to then be sworn in and have a chance to deliver their own opening statements.
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" Musk attorney Alex Spiro said in his opening statements that the case was "about insults not statements of fact.
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"It is for the dignified disposal of fetal remains and nothing more," Darren McCarty, representing Texas, said in opening statements.
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"The act provides no added benefit to Texas women," David Brown, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said in opening statements.
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"In this country, you don't punish a person for his thoughts," lawyer Eric Creizman said during opening statements last week.
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The chairman of the committee, Gregg Harper, also corrected Carter saying that all witnesses during their opening statements acknowledged responsibility.
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What started out with some clever opening statements quickly turned into Lincoln and Chris bickering back and forth like children.
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In her opening statements, Yializis acknowledged that her client had made mistakes, but disputed that she intentionally killed her son.
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Jury selection could last until midweek, with opening statements and testimony getting underway in the second half of the week.
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The White House on Friday morning issued a statement that Trump would not be watching Yovanovitch's testimony beyond opening statements.
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Sessions defended the travel ban in his opening statements on Wednesday, saying it was an "important step" for national security.
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In the very beginning of the case, before opening statements, our press person said, 'You need to get a haircut.
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Opening statements are expected to begin in the morning before U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan in federal court in Brooklyn.
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Matsumoto had hoped to start the trial Monday with opening statements after picking a jury of 12, with six alternates.
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Initially, the court estimated that the trial would last six to eight weeks, with opening statements starting on Sept. 6.
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"The defendant was fully aware of what he was doing," said Craig Ortner, an assistant district attorney, during opening statements.
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ET, significantly cutting short lawmakers' opening statements so they can get in enough questions before the witnesses had to leave.
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HAPPENING LATER The Harvey Weinstein sex assault trial gets underway Opening statements in Weinstein's trial are expected to begin today.
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Weinstein's attorney Damon Cheronis attacked the credibility of the women's stories during his opening statements and picked apart their timelines.
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In opening statements, the defense team told jurors Sciorra's friend would testify that she described having consensual sex with Weinstein.
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The trial's opening statements are set for September 24, and the proceedings are expected then to last about three weeks.
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Trump boarded the plane during opening statements from Ford and the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Before opening statements, prosecutors dropped four of the six first-degree murder charges Van Dyke faced going into the trial.
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The hearings will begin with opening statements from Kavanaugh and lawmakers, and are expected to last three to four days.
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Opening statements in the trial Bonnie Haim's remains were found under a shower pallet in the home's backyard, Mizrahi said.
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The session is expected to last 10 hours, following a lengthy — and telling — round of opening statements from senators and Gorsuch.
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Mulvaney assured the committee from his opening statements through questioning that he sees his role as telling the President the truth.
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"Yes," said Mulvaney, who, in his opening statements, pointed out that his mother-in-law relied on Social Security and Medicare.
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The verdict came as no surprise, after Christensen's attorney said in opening statements of the trial that his client killed Zhang.
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As Strzok observed opening statements from the witness table, Gowdy expressed disbelief that he didn&apost view such statements as bias.
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During opening statements, prosecutors said Gargiulo learned how to perfect his knife skills by reading the 1973 book The Anarchist Cookbook.
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" The chair of the committee, Gregg Harper, also corrected Carter saying that all witnesses during their opening statements acknowledged responsibility. "Rep.
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Opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey, and the trial is expected to last up to two months.
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Prosecutors and Silver's lawyers are scheduled to make their opening statements to jurors before U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan.
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In opening statements, Harris' attorney, Maddox Kilgore, acknowledged several "sexual sins," but said that was no basis for Harris' alleged crimes.
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Opening statements in the trial are expected to start Tuesday afternoon, with courthouse officials expecting a heavy media and fan turnout.
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Opening statements begin Thursday in the trial of an alleged serial killer accused of killing young women for his sexual gratification.
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Bob Menendez's public corruption trial is set to kick off Wednesday with opening statements in federal court in Newark, New Jersey.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee took a second break after senators on the committee appeared to wrap their opening statements on Tuesday.
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Mark Meadows asks to postpone Cohen hearing because he says the committee didn't get the opening statements and evidence in time.Rep.
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Both concentrated on and criticized the bureau's handling of the Clinton investigation in their opening statements — but for starkly different reasons.
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Jury selection is scheduled to start on Monday for Manafort's trial in Washington, D.C. Opening statements are slated for Sept. 24.
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And it was a surprising claim because of the side of the courtroom it came from, as lawyers made opening statements.
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During opening statements, prosecutors revealed that the comedian paid $3.38 million to Andrea Constand as part of a 2006 civil settlement.
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In the courtroom on Monday, Justice Barrett heard opening statements from the lawyers for Captain Vaughn and Officers Maynard and Frierson.
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Clinton also paid homage to Flint in their minute-long opening statements, calling for the state's governor, Rick Snyder, to resign.
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Once the judge is able to seat 12 alternates, the lawyers will give opening statements, which could last for several days.
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The court will then either set a date for further hearings or schedule opening statements, likely not until late this year.
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In addition to opening statements, Wednesday's court hearing included testimony from Britany Jacobs, one of the central witnesses in the case.
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The House managers' opening statements in Trump's impeachment trial followed a contentious day of debate inside and outside the Senate chamber.
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Wednesday's arguments mark the second of what are expected to be three eight-hour days of opening statements by the Democrats.
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The trial will begin in earnest with opening statements from both the managers, and President Donald Trump's defense counsel on Tuesday.
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The criminal trial is docketed to last three weeks, and opening statements are tentatively set for Friday, a court spokesman said.
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Go deeper: Read the witnesses' full opening statements Read GOP ranking member Doug Collins' opening statement Read Chairman Nadler's opening statement
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The Democratic Party is promising a two-hour-long debate on Tuesday, including opening statements, a tighter schedule than past debates.
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Here are some of the key excerpts, with context, from the prepared opening statements that each panelist submitted for the record.
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Here are some of the key excerpts, with context, from the prepared opening statements that each panelist submitted for the record.
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Many opening statements from impeachment inquiry witness have leaked out, already providing a damning picture of Trump's allegedly corrupt Ukraine policy.
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The hack happened immediately after opening statements from the two candidates present, Green Party candidate Lewis Elbinger and democrat David Peterson.
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The "evidence is not going to show that any of these acts were forcible," Spiga said during opening statements, the Register reports.
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In opening statements, prosecutors positioned Bradley as the star witness and "loose end" that helped solve what had been a cold case.
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In the image shown to jurors during opening statements but not publicly released, Mueller's hand is behind Swift, just below her waist.
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The all white jury, consisting of six women and eight men, began hearing opening statements in the second-degree manslaughter trial Wednesday.
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Each of the opening statements prepared by the tech execs included some variation of the word "compete" at least a dozen times.
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The opening statements for the trial are set to begin on July 1, but the case has been ongoing for three years.
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During her opening statements, prosecutor Mary Pettitt said Eisenhauer and Lovell communicated online for months and met at least once in person.
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Opening statements in the case are expected to begin Wednesday, said Cosme Lopez, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Phoenix.
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Franklin has plead not guilty to all charges and is represented by defense attorney Seymour Amster, who declined to make opening statements.
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During opening statements, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Allyson Ostrowski told the jury that Reagan "gutted" Nesci during a domestic dispute.
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She emphasized paid family leave when she began her campaign and again in the opening statements of the first Democratic presidential debate.
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The defense team will continue opening statements Thursday, but Melgen's attorney, Kirk Ogrosky, highlighted that denying the facts is not the strategy.
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His outside lawyer, Judge Richard J. Leon said, had provided the executive with Fenwick's testimony and the opening statements from both sides.
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During the trial, Rose was excused by the judge during jury selection and opening statements so he could play in a game.
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A third day of jury selection in Martin Shkreli's trial was expected on Wednesday with opening statements put off until Thursday morning.
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"She was determined to keep her secret," Warren County Assistant Prosecutor Steve Knippen said during opening statements, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Part 1 Each candidate was allotted one minute to present their opening statements, with many taking quick jabs at President Donald Trump.
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" In his opening statements at the summit, Pompeo said, "Look, we don't ever ask any Indo-Pacific nation to choose between countries.
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In opening statements, Brad Leventhal, the Queens assistant district attorney, gave a graphic play-by-play of Ms. Vetrano's last hours alive.
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ET, significantly cutting short lawmakers' opening statements so they could get to the questions and answers before the witnesses had to leave.
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Jury selection will begin on Tuesday, nearly two and half years after he was indicted, with opening statements slated for Sept. 6.
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In opening statements, Cheronis, another defense attorney, told jurors that Sciorra's friend will testify that she described having consensual sex with Weinstein.
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Feinstein began her opening statements expressing her disappointment in the Republican blockade of former President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland.
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Prosecutors in opening statements on Wednesday portrayed Weinstein as a serial predator whose victims experienced shame and humiliation following encounters with him.
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Each senator will sit at his or her own polished-wood desk during opening statements and hours of arguments from both sides.
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The lawyers' arguments came during opening statements for the first civil trial of wrongful death and personal injury claims, the newspaper said.
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"I move to subpoena the individual commonly referred to as the whistleblower," Reschenthaler said immediately after the witnesses finished giving opening statements.
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Opening statements from Republicans and Democrats set up some of the key issues in the nomination fight — guns, abortion and executive privilege.
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Powell's five opening statements have had an average reading grade level of 12, equivalent to the last year of U.S. high school.
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It was nearly impossible to find any members of the jury pool who didn't think he was guilty before the opening statements.
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Harris' attorneys were also scheduled to give opening statements on Monday, but court adjourned after a two-hour afternoon recess without their remarks.
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Roof sat mostly motionless in his state-issued, gray-and-white striped jumpsuit throughout opening statements, barely looking up from the defense table.
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The opening statements marked the beginning of the military trial of Edward Gallagher, a special operations chief who is accused of premeditated murder.
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"For the defendant to get that money, Jake had to die," Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexandra Foster argued during opening statements in Meza's trial.
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Nelson quoted Republican Senator Marco Rubio during his opening statements criticizing Bridenstine: The NASA administrator must have a strong scientific or technical background.
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"It took Roman a long time to die," Deputy Pima County Attorney Virginia Aspacher told jurors during the opening statements, according to Tucson.com.
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During opening statements, Jonathan Shapiro, McCarthy's defense attorney, said it was Bella's mother who believed children could be possessed by demons — not McCarthy.
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The verdict in June came as no surprise, after Christensen's attorney said in opening statements of the trial that his client killed Zhang.
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"For the defendant to get [Merendino's] money, [he] had to die," Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexandra Foster argued during opening statements in Meza's trial.
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In opening statements, prosecutors argued that Cosby gained the trust of Constand, more than 30 years his junior, by offering to mentor her.
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Bomb similar to Boston Marathon devices A jury will hear opening statements before Judge Richard Berman in US District Court in lower Manhattan.
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Legal observers said they never expected the court to finish both jury selection and opening statements on the first day of the trial.
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During a very uncomfortable conference call with Simpson, the dream team manages to convey that Cochran should deliver the opening statements, not Shapiro.
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Contrasting pictures of Guzmán emerged during opening statements in the trial, which attorneys on both sides expect to last at least four months.
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After the top lawmakers and witnesses deliver opening statements, Mr. Schiff will have 45 uninterrupted minutes to ask questions, followed by Mr. Nunes.
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Anna Wright in opening statements on Tuesday said Warren allowed the men to stay at the building for four days.
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Attorneys gave their opening statements Tuesday in Manafort's trial, with the defense saying the real culprit is his longtime business associate Rick Gates.
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) had also prepared tweet-length critical biographies of each candidate to share when they delivered their opening statements.
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The first day of hearings will consist of opening statements from every member of the committee, as well as one by Kavanaugh himself.
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Opening statements are scheduled for Thursday, with the Justice Department and AT&T getting 45 minutes each to lay out their main arguments.
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In opening statements on Wednesday, Benjamin Brafman, Mr. Shkreli's lawyer, portrayed his client as an eccentric who was not fit for corporate life.
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The trial in the Republican-led Senate formally got underway on Thursday, though it will start in earnest on Tuesday with opening statements.
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The committee got through opening statements from its members and Gorsuch, and will begin questioning the nominee when the hearing reconvenes on Tuesday.
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U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chystia Freeland, and Mexican Secretary of Economy Villarreal will deliver their opening statements.
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Basis of the case The clearest picture of the dueling sides emerged early in the day as both sides presented their opening statements.
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His lawyer has entered a plea of not guilty, and opening statements are scheduled to begin on Monday morning in Brooklyn federal court.
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Cooke: A trial of this nature can be divided into different stages: (1) Pre-trial: completed (2) Jury selection: completed (a) 12 jurors + alternate jurors (20173) Opening statements (while optional, I expect both sides to make opening statements) (4) The government's case (could last weeks) The government always goes first since it has the burden of establishing guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Roof sat mostly motionless in his state-issued, gray-and-white striped jumpsuit throughout both opening statements, barely looking up from the defense table.
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In opening statements earlier this month, prosecutors positioned Bradley as the star witness, the "loose end" that reignited what had been a cold case.
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Two weeks before opening statements began in the 2011 murder trial of Casey Anthony, prosecutors and defense traveled 90 minutes to Pinellas County, Florida.
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A week ago, opening statements in Roof's trial began and witnesses gave emotional accounts of surviving the 70 rounds Roof fired from a Glock.
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Dueling arguments In opening statements, prosecutors said that the shooting took place after de Abreu bumped into Hernandez at a nightclub, spilling a drink.
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The AP reports that during opening statements, Shapiro argued that it was Bella's mother who believed children could be possessed by demons — not McCarthy.
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On Monday, the trial of Mr. Morales, 36, who is charged with murder as a hate crime and weapons possession, began with opening statements.
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Day 2: Tuesday, October 4 Defense attorney H. Maddox Kilgore argued during his opening statements that Cooper's death was not premeditated, but an accident.
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Day 1: Monday, October 3 During the state's opening statements, Prosecutor Chuck Boring painted Harris as a man who was living a double life.
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According to the Charleston City Paper, the judge said opening statements from prosecutors and defense lawyers might start in late November or early December.
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Gawker's editors were motivated by power and brand promotion when they posted the clip, an attorney for the wrestler told jurors during opening statements.
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"Efficiencies don't count if the only way you get them is more market power," the Justice Department's attorney Jon Jacobs said in opening statements.
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And, in struck me that much of the time in these opening statements, a lot of the conversation went to Paul Manafort&aposs wealth.
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Cogan opted to wait until next Tuesday to swear in the jury, until just before the defense and prosecution will give their opening statements.
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During opening statements Monday, Maui Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Emlyn Higa alleged that Duvall "intentionally or knowingly" drove off the cliff as the sisters fought.
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Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the location of Cosby's home and of the trial opening statements scheduled to begin June 5.
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Such grudges don't die easily and at least three Democrats mentioned Garland in their opening statements on the first day of the hearing Monday.
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Again, don't expect too much slam-dunk clarity from Comey during his opening statements and a great deal of his responses to the questioning.
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Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Locke has set aside more than two weeks for jury selection, with prosecutors' opening statements not expected until March.
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In what he called a small concession to the defense, Cogan ruled that opening statements in the trial would begin no earlier than Nov.
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In opening statements, Mesereau called the prosecution's strategy with these witnesses "prosecution by distraction" because they did not have enough evidence in Constand's case.
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The hearing is currently scheduled to last four days and will begin with opening statements from senators and Gorsuch making a case for himself.
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Debate going the full CNN: action-movie trailer, election-night bass 'n drums ... now a color guard, national anthem, and don't forget opening statements.
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"Take note of what the DNA evidence can tell you and what it can't tell you," Ms. Cheung said last week during opening statements.
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But during opening statements a federal prosecutor, Tanya Hajjar, told jurors that the image he projected as the guru of Nxivm was a charade.
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His lawyer, Mr. Herbert, made a last-ditch effort before opening statements on Monday to have the jurors dismissed and the case moved elsewhere.
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Opening statements began Wednesday in the Los Angeles murder trial of Durst, a 76-year-old real estate heir with a truly bizarre history.
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During opening statements, they questioned the credibility of the women's allegations and shared text and email exchanges between Weinstein and some of his accusers.
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Last week, in opening statements, prosecutors offered tawdry details about what they said were Mr. Weinstein's assaults on women; graphic testimony from witnesses followed.
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In his 1987 bestseller, "The Art of the Deal," Trump documents his affinity for making almost insane opening statements or bids for projects and prices.
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None of the leaders mentioned specific issues in their opening statements in front of reporters, but North Korean denuclearization was expected to top the agenda.
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After all, there is only so much power in leaked opening statements and snippets of what this official or that official said behind closed doors.
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EX-BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, FMR BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN AIDE, AND MORE Opening statements began shortly after jurors were seated in the case earlier in the day.
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I would learn to prepare my witnesses, opening statements, and closing arguments by reading books and memoirs by the legendary trial lawyers of the past.
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And if you want to go deeper, here's our full story on the day's events, and the opening statements by Mr. Taylor and Mr. Kent.
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Their case started the minute the jury sat down in the box, in the way they carried themselves, in their aggressive and powerful opening statements.
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The White House claimed earlier Friday that Trump would not watch Yovanovitch's testimony beyond opening statements, but he has tweeted about the proceedings multiple times.
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The lawyers made their opening statements in a courtroom full of friends and relatives of the former officers, along with Mr. Boyd's brother, Andrew Jones.
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The statement was the closest either side stepped during their opening statements toward the foreign politics and focus on Russia that set off Mueller's investigation.
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From their opening statements, federal prosecutors made clear that their key witness in a major public corruption case, Todd R. Howe, might have credibility issues.
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"Rick Gates had his hand in the cookie jar," defense attorney Thomas Zehnle said in opening statements at Manafort's trial in federal court in Virginia.
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In opening statements, the defense claimed that Mr. Guzmán was a "scapegoat" in a vast conspiracy that included American drug agents and top Mexican officials.
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In opening statements, defense attorney Bryant Camareno argued that Drejka's comments to police were simply his best recollection and showed his perception at the time.
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Most recently, on Friday, as House managers wrapped up their opening statements in his impeachment trial, President Trump tweeted out the new Space Force logo.
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After days of arguments, opening statements and video clips, Schiff summed it up this way: "I implore you — give America a fair trial," he said.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked Democratic efforts to push for an initial deal to subpoena witnesses and documents until after opening statements and questioning.
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The Wednesday evening session of the 41-member panel lasted more than three hours, with opening statements from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
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Guyger, Rogers said, walked in, looked up and saw what she thought was a burglar about 30 feet from her, Rogers said in opening statements.
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Moreno, Salman's attorney, said in opening statements that FBI investigators had coerced Salman into "adopting their narrative" and that they failed to record her statements.
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But Bondi said they had no choice but to bring up the Bidens because House impeachment managers first broached the issue in their opening statements.
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"Pedro Hernandez is an odd, limited and vulnerable man," Mr. Fishbein, the lawyer leading Mr. Hernandez's defense, said Monday, echoing his opening statements in October.
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Before opening statements began, state District Judge Tammy Kemp sequestered the jurors, shielding them from possible outside influence and local news coverage of the case.
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"The truth was always out there, buried in their backyard," Assistant State Attorney Alan Mizrahi said in opening statements in the murder trial on Tuesday.
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" After a long pause, Buttigieg -- who happened to be up next in the line of opening statements -- dryly quipped: "It's original, I'll give you that.
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The pair filed a wrongful death suit, which is now going to trial this week in downtown San Diego, with opening statements set to begin Wednesday.
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A judge excused the defendant from opening statements so he could play in Tuesday night's basketball game against the Houston Rockets, the New York Times reports.
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Attorney H. Maddox Kilgore embraced some of the damning allegations leveled by a prosecutor during Monday's opening statements, while dubbing some of investigators' claims outright lies.
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Both the prosecution and the defense gave eyebrow-raising opening statements Tuesday afternoon, according to accounts from the Washington Post, Politico, CNN, and other media outlets.
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"One of the oddest episodes I remember was an occasion in which Thomas was drinking a Coke in his office," Hill said in her opening statements.
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Opening statements begin on Monday afternoon in the murder trial of a Florida dad who admitted to throwing his daughter off a bridge four years ago.
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The trial, which could last up to four months, is set to begin at the federal District Court in Brooklyn with lawyers' opening statements next Tuesday.
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In their opening statements on Friday, attorneys on both sides traced the teenagers' last-known movements through ferry ticket stubs, deli receipts, and forgotten travelers' checks.
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During opening statements in the trial, Embry-Martin's defense attorney, James Hafley, said of his client, "He is a loving, patient person," according to the newspaper.
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After an hour and fifteen minutes, Grassley ruled on dubious procedural grounds that the motion was out of order and the senators began their opening statements.
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Celebrity athletes including Saints quarterback Drew Brees crowded into a courtroom to hear attorneys' opening statements in a case where the defense is arguing self-defense.
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During opening statements, Assistant U.S. Attorney John Neal told jurors that human remains were stored so haphazardly that Rathburn needed a crowbar to separate frozen parts.
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Democratic impeachment managers pushing the Senate to remove President Donald Trump from office finish their 24-hours of opening statements spread over three days on Friday.
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The amount of time each side will get, when opening statements will start and how they will address the question of witnesses is not yet clear.
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A federal judge last week ruled his defense team can mention the porn star and President Trump, who's denied a relationship with her, in opening statements.
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"His last words, 'I can't breathe,' tell you who caused his death," Jonathan Fogel, a prosecutor for the Civilian Complaint Review Board, said during opening statements.
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That abbreviated trial could include only what Mr. McConnell announced Tuesday: opening statements and cross-examination, giving a voice to both sides without incorporating new revelations.
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In her opening statements in a small, packed courtroom on Wednesday, Kate Hogan, the Warren County district attorney, also highlighted Mr. West's having left the scene.
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In opening statements, prosecutors detailed the evidence surrounding the gory killings in which the two children were nearly decapitated and left to bleed in a bathtub.
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Democrats want a deal up front to hear from witnesses and get documents, but McConnell says those matters should be dealt with later after opening statements.
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But McConnell has insisted that the Senate should begin the trial with opening statements, and then move to a decision about whether to call any witnesses.
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McConnell has pushed for a trial without witnesses or testimony, earning enough votes to hear the opening statements before coming to a decision about more witnesses.
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House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes blazed the trail for Trump defenders, with opening statements in last week's hearings that sounded like conservative media monologues.
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"(He was) looking, waiting, lurking, out front, out back, for just the right opportunity to present itself," Assistant District Attorney John Pappas said during opening statements.
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Lawyers representing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 22015, made opening statements on Thursday morning to the 230st US Circuit Court of Appeals in hopes of overturning his death sentence.
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Tsarnaev is currently being held in federal prison in Florence, Colorado, and is not expected to be in the courtroom when lawyers make their opening statements.
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The decision to eliminate opening statements struck me as wise, and it was nice to see so many topics covered, though foreign policy deserved more time.
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In opening statements on Monday, the prosecution used the payment as an admission of guilt; why would Cosby pay off Constand if the sex was consensual?
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"The U.S. is in a global race to AVs [autonomous vehicles], but today the cost of inaction is clear: We are behind," he said during opening statements.
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When opening statements did finally begin, Democrats laid out the legal questions they would be focused on in the coming days — including his views on Roe v.
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"When you watch a trial and you want to get a fair assessment of guilt and innocence, you don't just listen to the opening statements," said Sen.
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With opening statements expected Wednesday, prosecutors will have to prove to the jury that Bates' actions amounted to "culpable negligence," according to Bates' defense attorney, Clark Brewster.
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Also Tuesday, Judge Barry Williams denied a motion by Rice's attorneys to dismiss the indictment, paving the way for the trial's opening statements to begin Thursday morning.
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According to court records obtained by PEOPLE, jury selection began Tuesday and opening statements are slated for Wednesday morning before Justice Maxwell Wiley in Manhattan Supreme Court.
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During opening statements yesterday, the prosecutor said Banks raped the unnamed woman with a water bottle and assaulted her while taking a picture on June 23, 2013.
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Prosecutors made their claims against Christie during opening statements in the trial of two former officials in his administration who are charged in connection with the scandal.
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The jury, which will be sequestered for the duration of the much-anticipated trial, is expected to be picked on Monday and opening statements should begin Tuesday.
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On Wednesday, Sams jailed a sequestered witness -- a relative of Gebhardt's -- for 20 days after learning she was watching a livestream of opening statements outside the courtroom.
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In their opening statements, reported by NBC News, prosecutors revealed that Guyger had been in a relationship with her partner at the Dallas Police Department, Martin Rivera.
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The opening statements previewed the fierce legal battle that will play out before Judge Richard Leon of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's case to block AT&T and Time Warner's $85 billion blockbuster merger heads to trial this week, with opening statements expected on Thursday.
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In opening statements on Thursday, prosecutors said that Ms. Ortega resented Ms. Krim and that the children were killed as a calculated act of spite against her.
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Before beginning his opening statements, Lewin explained to the jury that he'd had to change suits that morning because his Great Dane had "slobbered" all over him.
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The early stages of the impeachment trial involve the opening statements from both sides, who are given 24 hours in total to speak to the upper chamber.
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Opening statements in the trial have yet to be made, as this week has focused on jury selection and clashes over the rules of decorum in court.
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In separate opening statements and questions at a hearing with the Pentagon's top officials, committee Chairman Adam SmithDavid (Adam) Adam SmithOvernight Defense: Lawmakers tear into Pentagon over .
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In separate opening statements and questions at a hearing with the Pentagon's top officials, committee Chairman Adam SmithDavid (Adam) Adam SmithOvernight Defense: Lawmakers tear into Pentagon over .
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Rather, he insists that like in the Clinton trial, the Trump trial should begin with opening statements by the prosecution and defense then questions by the senators.
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The opening statements at Wednesday's House Judiciary impeachment hearing were full of detailed historical and constitutional analysis on whether President Donald Trump's Ukraine scandal contains impeachable behavior.
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The opening statements alone have repeatedly shown that there was a quid pro quo for Ukraine: Look into the Bidens and you'll get your money and meeting.
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The opening statements from all 21 lawmakers made it clear that Kavanaugh's appointment to the Supreme Court is high-stakes for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
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Day one will include introductions from a trio of Kavanaugh supporters, opening statements from all 21 lawmakers on the Judiciary Committee, and Kavanaugh's own remarks, per the Hill.
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The opening statements kicked off a trial that could shed light on the relationship between Valeant and the now-defunct Philidor, which drew concern from investors and regulators.
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The trial of the girl who allegedly urged her boyfriend to go through with committing suicide began Tuesday, with opening statements occurring in juvenile court in Taunton, Massachusetts.
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Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee used their opening statements to reflect on better days where judicial appointees were measured by merit and not their ideological leanings. Sen.
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A jury has been seated in the high-stakes trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, with opening statements set to begin as early as Tuesday afternoon.
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The Associated Press reports that during opening statements, Jonathan Shapiro, McCarthy's defense attorney, said it was Bella's mother who believed children could be possessed by demons — not McCarthy.
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Attorneys for Swift, one of the most powerful celebrities in the world, argued in opening statements that Mueller was using her notoriety and fame for his own gain.
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The defense reserved its opening statements until after the prosecution completes its list of witnesses, at which point the defense will begin presenting its side to the jury.
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Before jurors were brought back and the opening statements resumed, defense attorney Barbour repeated his previous concern and asked the judge to reconsider the competency of his client.
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Darcel D. Clark, the Bronx district attorney, who has pledged to focus on crimes committed at Rikers, sat in the front row during opening statements in the trial.
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The sound of David Paich, stretched-out, eerily repeating "hurry boy, she's waiting there for you" is one of the most monumental opening statements in music this decade.
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"This might be the first time someone convicted of lying to Congress has appeared so quickly again in front of Congress," Jordan said in his opening statements Wednesday.
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On Tuesday, prosecutors and defense lawyers devoted much of their opening statements to recounting Mr. Seabrook's near-total control over the union, which represents more than 10,000 officers.
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In opening statements, defense attorney Bryant Camareno argued that Drejka's comments to police were simply his best recollection of what happened and showed his perception at the time.
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The candidates will have 60-second opening statements, followed by 60 seconds to answer questions from the four moderators: George Stephanopoulos, David Muir, Linsey Davis and Jorge Ramos.
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Adding to the pressure-cooker atmosphere was the specter of 12 jurors, sworn in by the judge on Thursday, in anticipation that opening statements would begin as scheduled.
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Washington (CNN)The day before opening statements in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, his lawyers submitted a lengthy trial memorandum responding to the charges against him.
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Weinstein attorney Damon Cheronis attacked the credibility of the women's stories during his opening statements and picked apart their timelines and details to try to undermine their credibility.
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But in Manafort's trial, jury selection and opening statements by both sides were finished and the first witness began testifying all by the end of the first day.
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Every Republican on the conference committee considering funding for the Department of Homeland Security, in their opening statements, talked about a "comprehensive" border security plan that included barriers.
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The men and women who will decide the fate of a defendant once considered the world's most powerful and ruthless drug trafficker will hear opening statements on Tuesday.
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Avenatti's firm was evicted for not paying rent, staffer says During opening statements, Assistant US Attorney Robert Sobelman said Avenatti "saw dollar signs" when the coach contacted him.
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His trial on manslaughter and assault charges, which began with opening statements on Friday, is expected to focus attention on the issue of bullying directed at L.G.B.T. teenagers.
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During opening statements, Mr. Cedeno's lawyer, Chris Lynn, described the defendant as a gay student who had suffered "a torturous history" of harassment and assault at the school.
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Opening statements begin on Wednesday; at a pretrial hearing, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon advised both sides to "Get your rest" — the trial may last six to eight weeks.
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In opening statements last week, prosecutors said Olsen was uncomfortable when he saw Hill running naked outside the apartment complex, but it didn't give him a reason to shoot.
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"They want all the credit for Android's success, and apparently billions of dollars in damages, but the evidence isn't going to support that," Van Nest said in opening statements.
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During opening statements, their attorneys sought to cast the trial as a clash of legal and political philosophies over the management and use of public lands in the West.
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Martin Shkreli's attorney used a pair of Lady Gaga lyrics during opening statements on Wednesday to defend the embattled former pharmaceutical CEO as his trial on fraud charges begins.
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Pete Souza clearly spent his morning pre-gaming the Senate hearing by reading Comey's opening statements, which detail his various meetings with President Trump over the past few months.
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Dane Butswinkas, an attorney for ABC, acknowledged the broadcasting company has no local ties during Monday's opening statements, but asked that jurors look beyond this and examine the facts.
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Defense attorney Brian McMonagle said during opening statements that Constand had a romantic encounter with Cosby at his Foxwoods Resort Casino hotel room in Connecticut before the alleged assault.
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Here are the slides each side's lawyers used in their opening statements to the jury as the Waymo-Uber trial over alleged trade secret theft kicked off on Monday.
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Dianne Feinstein reiterated that message in her opening statements at the hearing, which covered voting rights, civil rights, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and the Comey's firing.
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Five of the 20 presidential hopefuls mentioned the issue in their opening statements; Washington Governor Jay Inslee became the first candidate to devote an entire opening statement to it.
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During that first session, scheduled for two and a half hours, the committee members—sixteen men and two lately added women—did nearly all the talking, delivering opening statements.
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In his opening statements, Gerald Shargel, a lawyer for Ms. Kane, denied that she leaked the contents of the investigation, and said she did not lie about it later.
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When Bill Hodgman has a heart attack during opening statements (an incident that happened outside of the courtroom in real life), Clark pushes for Darden to take his spot.
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She was glad the case was settled Prosecutors revealed for the first time in opening statements that Cosby and Constand settled a civil lawsuit in 2006 for $3.38 million.
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Norristown, Pennsylvania (CNN)Bill Cosby's defense attorney in opening statements Tuesday described Andrea Constand as a "so-called victim" who was really a con artist after his client's money.
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Ahead of the hearings on Capitol Hill Wednesday, the three companies released their opening statements outlining what they have done — and plan to do — to counter foreign-influence campaigns.
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Mr. Morvillo, Mr. Howe's lawyer, suggested as much in a recent letter to the judge, in which he referred to the defense's attacks on Mr. Howe during opening statements.
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Democrats signaled in their opening statements that they intend to press Judge Kavanaugh to explain in detail what he thinks about contentious legal questions, especially whether the Roe v.
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In opening statements, Rotunno and her defense team promised to refrain from shaming Weinstein's accusers, but their tactics seemed to shift after the emotional first testimony of Annabella Sciorra.
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The highlights: Reflecting their closed-door testimonies, Vindman and Williams both used their opening statements to say that they found the July call to be "improper" and "unusual," respectively.
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And if you want to go deeper, here's our full story on the day's events, and the opening statements by Colonel Vindman, Ms. Williams, Mr. Volker and Mr. Morrison.
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Senator Susan Collins, a moderate, expressed possible openness to hearing from Bolton, but indicated she agreed with McConnell that a decision should wait until after a trial's opening statements.
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Lawyers laid out the framework of the case in opening statements on Monday, but they shed little light on the unanswered questions that continue to swirl around the case.
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The debate will begin with one-minute opening statements, followed by questions from the moderators: George Stephanopoulos, David Muir and Linsey Davis from ABC and Jorge Ramos from Univision.
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President Donald Trump's lawyers are set to finish their opening statements today, after laying out a multi-pronged defense in Day 2 at the Senate impeachment trial on Monday.
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On Tuesday, Trump's lawyers completed their opening statements, bringing to a quick end a defense that attempted to discredit the evidence gathered by House Democrats in their initial probe.
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What: The members of the committee will deliver opening statements starting Wednesday evening and then consider any amendments to the two draft articles that House Democrats unveiled on Tuesday.
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Things kicked off bright and early at 9:00 am in the judiciary committee with opening statements from the chair ... Interruption: Mr. Chairman, I have a point of order.
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" Earlier, Sanders did raise Mulvaney's tax issues in his opening statements -- noting that Mulvaney himself has taken a hard line on taxes in the past, as reported by CNN. "Mr.
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The four are key figures in two separate armed standoffs that have helped embolden an anti-federal government movement in the US. Opening statements were scheduled to be heard Nov.
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In his opening statements Tuesday, Mesereau said Constand concocted false allegations of sexual assault knowing that his client would likely pay a hefty amount to make the case go away.
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Uber's opening statements were presented by Bill Carmody, a Texas trial lawyer and recent addition to the company's legal team, who took no time to distinguish between Levandowski and Uber.
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They've done so in response to Democratic subpoenas, but loquacious opening statements like those of Taylor and former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch suggest they're not exactly reluctant to talk.
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While Monday focused primarily on opening statements from senators and Gorsuch himself, Tuesday is a chance for senators to individually question the nominee, one by one, for 30 minutes each.
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A staffer, Elliott Echols, said he and others there felt the opening statements vindicated Trump and his assertions that there is no evidence of collusion with Russians in the election.
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During opening statements Monday, San Bernardino County Supervising Deputy District Attorney Sean Daugherty said the case was all about "greed, and greed's child, fraud," according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise.
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During Monday's opening statements, Banks' attorney Katie Hagan acknowledged the photos and videos that show her client allegedly participating, at one point sexually assaulting the woman with a water bottle.
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Democrats began their 45 minutes of questioning from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and panel counsel Daniel Goldman the two witnesses following the completion of opening statements.
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Following opening statements, prosecutors called former GBI medical examiner Warren Tillman, who testified that Coggins suffered about 30 lacerations, incisions, abrasions and stab wounds, including three that punctured his lungs.
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During its reports, ABC used the term "pink slime" more than 350 times across six different media platforms including TV and online, Webb said during opening statements on June 5.
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The first day of Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings — usually reserved for opening statements — devolved into a demonstrations and shouting from the gallery, which resulted in 70 arrests by the day's end.
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In his opening statements, Johnson noted the issues DHS faces, including cybersecurity, hurricanes, illegal immigration and drug smuggling -- but took time to focus on one issue in particular: mass killings.
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"No amount of verbal gymnastics will change that she knew the Trump administration was implementing a policy to separate families at the border," Thompson said in his opening statements Wednesday.
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Opening statements are scheduled for this morning in the police corruption trial involving the Gun Trace Task Force, and we'll be bringing you updates throughout the day here on WJZ.
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"I'll get to Ukraine before too long," Pompeo said in an interview with Bloomberg while visiting Kingston, Jamaica, as opening statements began in Trump's impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate.
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On Wednesday, prosecutors and defense attorneys gave opening statements in Harvey Weinstein&aposs criminal trial, explaining to the jury the evidence they will bring to court in the coming weeks.
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The opening statements come more than two years after The New York Times and The New Yorker published stories quoting women who accused Weinstein of sexual assault, abuse, and harassment.
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Doug Collins, the ranking member of the committee, will first deliver opening statements - House Judiciary Committee counsels will then present opening arguments for an hour (30 minutes for each side).
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House impeachment managers are expected to wrap up their opening statements today, before yielding the floor to President Trump's defense team, which is scheduled to begin its presentation on Saturday.
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Nadler gaveled down and refused to hear multiple requests from Republican committee members including Collins and Gaetz for various motions or parliamentary inquiries at the end of congressional opening statements.
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Mr. Alexander also said he would limit senators on the panel — 12 Republicans and 11 Democrats — to five minutes of questions each, after opening statements by him and Ms. Murray.
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The committee's vote came after a lengthy, three-part hearing — opening statements Wednesday night, a marathon all-day debate on amendments to the articles Thursday, and a final vote Friday.
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"They want you to go into the final minutes of a two-hour movie without knowing the context," defense attorney Dan Herbert told the courtroom during opening statements last month.
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The process is about to now be repeated with Kavanaugh, but after he makes his opening statements he's fair game to the full panel of senators -- both Dems and Republicans.
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Acting as his own lawyer, Roof made his opening statements just moments after prosecutor Nathan S. Williams read aloud from a journal that officials confiscated from Roof's jail cell in 2015.
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The case against Kelly and Baroni was taken to court late September, where federal prosecutors alleged in their opening statements that Christie, along with his confidants, had knowledge of the closures.
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Patterson said during his opening statements that when Wood parked his truck and got out, officers approached, and Wood tossed a roll of duct tape in the back of his truck.
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Chambers' friend Kesha Myers, one of five witnesses who testified on Tuesday after the opening statements, said she was with Chambers and Tellis earlier that December day, according to the Appeal.
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During opening statements, defense attorney Jay Liederman said Mackinday, whose stage name was Christy Mack, often spoken about "rape fantasies" during their relationship and wanted to be surprised during sexual trysts.
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Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a statement on Friday that he expects the hearings to go on for three to four days, with opening statements taking up much of Day 1.
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During opening statements Tuesday, McCoy said his client recalls Rose "pulling her to the edge of the bed" while "undressed from the waist down and inside of her," according the Post.
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In opening statements, attorney Tom Mesereau called her a "con artist" and a "so-called victim" who invented a story of assault to cash in and solve her own financial problems.
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"When you listen to this evidence, you will hear not that Mohamad fired a weapon, but that he took out the trash," said Khweis' attorney, Jessica N. Carmichael, during opening statements.
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U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro said opening statements would begin next Tuesday in a case that has become a rallying cry for activists challenging U.S. government authority in the American West.
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Alphabet's self-driving arm, Waymo, and Uber gave their opening statements in front of a jury on Monday, commencing the courtroom phase of what has already been a messy legal battle.
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In opening statements last week, his court-appointed lawyer, David Bart, indicated Mr. Blackwell was not the man who had fired the gun, and he was wrongly identified as the shooter.
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After the opening statements were completed and the jury had been excused, another prosecutor, Martin S. Bell, rose and complained that Mr. Seabrook had uttered an expletive during the prosecution's opening.
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In opening statements, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said Cosby, a powerful Temple University trustee, built up trust with Constand and then pressured her to take pills that incapacitated her.
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Though Clinton's trial extended well beyond opening statements, there's a significant likelihood that Republican senators will seek ways to limit Democrats' chances to present evidence for the remainder of the trial.
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Democrats still want a deal up front to hear from witnesses and get documents for the trial, but McConnell says he wants to wait on those issues until after opening statements.
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The hearing features Barry Berke, a counsel for the Judiciary Democrats who will present their opening arguments after Nadler and committee ranking member Doug Collins (R-Ga.) gave their opening statements.
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Instead, the session will be devoted to making three-minute opening statements and asking questions of Tom Barthold, chief of staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, about the bill's costs.
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As the Republican nominee delivered his opening statements and began laying out his merits for finding a new way to boost jobs, he began to audibly sniff in between many talking points.
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Charged with five counts of murder, Jones's defense has conceded that he killed the children and said in opening statements that he was an undiagnosed schizophrenic at the time of the murders.
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One of the only instances was during opening statements, when special prosecutor Joseph McMahon told the jurors that Van Dyke didn't know anything about McDonald's past when he encountered him that night.
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The actor, who portrayed LAPD officer Julien Lowe on the FX television series The Shield, was upset his wife wanted a divorce, Deputy District Attorney Tannaz Mokayef told jurors in opening statements.
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During opening statements, jurors were shown crime scene photographs showing weights McCarthy allegedly put into the plastic bag before dumping it in the water so that Bella's body remained under the surface.
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Prosecutor points at Cosby in opening statements Since the flood of accusers reached a tipping point in late 20153, Cosby's fall from beloved comedian to alleged criminal has been rapid and significant.
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Jury selection got under way in a state circuit court in St. Louis, and opening statements were expected to begin early next week in a case that has state lawmakers weighing impeachment.
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Stone's lawyer Bruce Rogow told the jury in opening statements on Wednesday that his client did not willfully and intentionally mislead Congress, and said Stone did not have any intermediaries with Wikileaks.
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But in opening statements, prosecutors said they intended to bleed Mr. Hillary of credibility with "a constellation of facts that independently don't prove his guilt," but can only lead to one conclusion.
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"Bijan never conspired with anyone, never ever sought to avoid U.S. regulations, never conspired to serve as an agent of a foreign government," his attorney, Bob Trout, said in his opening statements.
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After beginning the hearing with the typical opening statements (from him, the committee's top Republican Devin Nunes, and both witnesses), he then allotted a 45 minute block of time to each party.
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Many people said they were fans of the plaintiffs' trial lawyer, Mark Lanier — known for his dramatic, even impish opening statements, replete with slides and props — and hoped to see his performance.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate's impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will begin in earnest on Tuesday, when senators may begin hearing opening statements on why he should be removed from office.
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David Perdue (R-Ga.), also speaking Sunday, said the GOP plan would be to limit the opening statements from both sides to two days apiece, while keeping the allotted hours at 22020.
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During opening statements, a defense lawyer told the jury that Ms. Haleyi and the aspiring actress from Washington State had stayed in touch with Mr. Weinstein for years after the alleged assaults.
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Their opening statements took aim at the credibility of the women who form the crux of the case against Weinstein and highlighted their messages to him after the alleged assaults took place.
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Several witnesses who testified in the House impeachment inquiry this week highlighted their immigrant backgrounds, sharing their families' stories in highly personal opening statements, the AP's Jill Colvin and Colleen Long write.
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Heading into the second week of the ongoing trial, Burke hopes to have a jury of 12 seated by the middle of next week with opening statements tentatively set for January 22.
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Trump's defense team completed their opening statements Tuesday afternoon, wrapping up a series of arguments to convince the Republican-led Senate to acquit the president of the two impeachment charges against him.
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The Judiciary Committee is one of the largest panels in Congress, and its rules allow all 41 members to deliver prepared, five-minute opening statements before debate begins on amending the articles.
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But McConnell wants the process to resemble Clinton's, noting that that trial involved a period for opening statements, followed by a written question period and a decision about whether to call witnesses.
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Even this week's genial subcommittee mark ups, where opening statements were plaudits of bipartisanship, included a couple swipes at Trump from Democrats, telegraphing arguments to come in Wednesday's full committee mark up.
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The ten American sailors being held in Iran featured heavily in the undercard debate, and if opening statements are to be trusted, they're going to feature heavily in the main event as well.
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In opening statements in Davidson County Circuit Court on Tuesday, Andrews' attorney Randall Kinnard blamed former hotel employees for giving out Andrews' room number, which led to Barrett booking the room next door.
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"For the defendant to get that money, Jake had to die," Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexandra Foster argued during opening statements in Meza's trial, which began Tuesday, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
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The trial of O. J. Simpson for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, which ran from opening statements in January 1995 to the not-guilty verdicts that October, was inescapable.
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When the public came back into the courtroom after the sealed portion of Waymo's opening statements, Judge Alsup chided them for putting up "stuff that looked like promotional videos" in the sealed courtroom.
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During opening statements Tuesday, prosecutors argued that Carter wanted sympathy and attention from other girls at school, yearning to be the "grieving girlfriend" who couldn't stop her boyfriend from committing suicide, WPRI reports.
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Lawson, the first-ever case to go to trial in California regarding the debate involving 1099 contractors and W-2 employees in the gig economy, lawyers for both sides presented their opening statements.
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"And what these women also had in common was they all lived near Michael Gargiulo," prosecutor Dan Akemon said during opening statements in the trial of alleged "Hollywood Ripper" serial killer Michael Gargiulo.
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"The defendants went to Milton to get jobs for their out-of-work brothers and sisters in the union," attorney Kevin Barron, who represents Ross, told jurors during opening statements, according to MassLive.com.
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A timekeeper -- rather than a moderator -- could time the opening statements, keep track of the 15-minute segments, alert the candidates when to change topics, and signal them to begin their closing statements.
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Republican lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee jumped in ahead of opening statements from Wednesday's impeachment witnesses to call for a subpoena to compel testimony from the whistleblower who triggered the inquiry. Rep.
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"You're going to see pictures of all these events that ... the government talked about as some sort of fancy resort," defense attorney Kirk Ogrosky told the jury during opening statements earlier this month.
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Judiciary Committee Democrats on Tuesday earned praise from some of their progressive critics for repeatedly interrupting and sparring with Republicans during what was expected to be a low-key day of opening statements.
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The Bronx district attorney, Darcel D. Clark, who took office in January and has focused on prosecuting crimes committed at Rikers, sat in the front row of the courtroom during the opening statements.
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Alexandria, Virginia (CNN)Paul Manafort's criminal trial kicked off with a furious start Tuesday as the federal courtroom in Alexandria, Virginia, found a jury, heard opening statements and saw the first witness testify.
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Rose, who turned 28 on Tuesday, was excused from the jury selection and opening statements phases by Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald, in part so that he could participate in the game Tuesday night.
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The trial of the nanny, Yoselyn Ortega, who is mounting an insanity defense, was scheduled to begin on Thursday in State Supreme Court in Manhattan with opening statements from prosecutors and defense lawyers.
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MILWAUKEE — Body camera footage of a fatal police shooting is expected to take center stage in the homicide trial of the former Milwaukee officer who fired the shots, opening statements on Tuesday suggested.
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Albert Rosenblatt, a former judge on the New York Court of Appeals, wrote about Professor Hershkowitz's work in a book he co-edited, "Opening Statements: Law and Jurisprudence in Dutch New York" (2013).
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During opening statements in the high-profile rape case, New York prosecutors accused Weinstein of committing violent attacks on aspiring actresses who suffered shame and humiliation as they internalized trauma from the encounters.
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"Senator Collins and others raised concerns about the 24 hours of opening statements in 2 days and the admission of the House transcript in the record," Annie Clark, a spokeswoman for Collins, said.
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Over hours of opening statements and responses to written questions, White House lawyers argued that most if not all presidential actions have "mixed motives" that factor in both politics and the public good.
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Democrats want a deal up front to hear from witnesses and get documents, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says those matters should be dealt with later after opening statements in the trial.
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Nadler told Buck that he would administer oaths to the upcoming witnesses and had not done so for Castor and Berke because they were "staff" who were present to give opening statements. Rep.
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Ellis' push to move things forward appears to be paying dividends: Prosecutors and Manafort's lawyers sped through jury selection, opening statements and the first witness — all on the first day of the trial.
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All the interviews have been behind closed doors, and what is known about them has come from the release of witnesses' opening statements to the media and leaks from those inside the room.
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Two of three men accused of killing the fourth-grader in a case that shocked the city were waiting for him, prosecutor Margaret Hillmann said during opening statements in their trial on Tuesday.
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The officials' opening statements also implicitly criticized Trump's posture toward Ukraine, with Croft singling out Trump's "long-held view of Ukraine as a corrupt country," which she and her colleagues hoped to reverse.
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He moves through this episode like a shark in the background, zeroing in on Andrea's shady stepdad and throwing out advice to Chandra on matters of jury selection ("no sailors") and opening statements.
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Tuesday's opening statements were delayed by hours when two of the jurors chosen last week dropped out of the case, forcing lawyers and U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan to select two new jurors.
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The December 6 document was filed by his legal team on the eve of opening statements in his federal trial in an effort to convince the court to make certain accommodations for their client.
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The actor, who portrayed LAPD officer Julien Lowe on the FX television series The Shield, was upset his wife, April Jace, wanted a divorce, Deputy District Attorney Tannaz Mokayef told jurors in opening statements.
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In their opening statements Monday, they said that although corruption is indeed a serious problem in global soccer, they intended to show there is no evidence that their clients negotiated or took any bribes.
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Listening to their opening statements, closing statements and the questions they asked in between, you'd be hard-pressed to know which one of Burr and Warner was a Republican and which was a Democrat.
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More than a dozen volunteers phone-banking in a local Fulton County Republican office Thursday morning took a quick break to watch the opening statements of the testimony before getting back to the phones.
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The 41-year-old -- who was the 14th overall pick in the 2000 NBA Draft -- appeared in court in Flint, Michigan for opening statements in his trial ... where he is facing multiple felony charges.
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Before opening statements Tuesday, a juror -- in a letter to the judge that was read aloud in court -- asked to be dismissed from the case because she has suffered from anxiety since jury selection.
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His defense team argued in their opening statements that he was a victim of his former associate, Richard Gates, who has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI as part of a plea deal.
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Michelle Henry, an assistant district attorney for Montgomery County, said in her opening statements that Ms. Kane arranged to secretly release details of the grand jury inquiry to The Philadelphia Daily News in 2014.
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The hearing started at about 9:30 AM EST, and already a few protestors stormed the room and started shouting, "No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA," in the middle of Sessions's opening statements.
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The defense motion for a mistrial filed on Thursday also said Roof's grief-stricken mother collapsed in court after opening statements concluded on Wednesday and was admitted to a hospital with a heart attack.
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Jury selection in the case is scheduled to begin early Wednesday, followed by opening statements by Julius N. Richardson, an assistant United States attorney, and David I. Bruck, Mr. Roof's court-appointed defense lawyer.
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During opening statements, a prosecutor, Robert L. Boone, pre-emptively told the jury that Mr. Howe was a criminal who had pleaded guilty to eight felonies, many of which related to him telling lies.
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The judge overseeing the trial, Justice James M. Burke, told Mr. Weinstein's defense lawyers that they could talk about the emails during opening statements but could not show copies of them to the jury.
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In an order that outlined seating and positioning for opening statements, closing arguments and testimony, the judge included a mandate: "Defendant will not attempt to approach the jury, the witness stand or the bench."
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"Senator Collins and others raised concerns about the 24 hours of opening statements in 2 days and the admission of the House transcript in the record," Collins spokeswoman Annie Clark said in an email.
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The Senate may opt to forego a full trial and instead hold its vote after House Democrats and Trump's defenders make their opening statements, Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell said at a news conference.
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The pair were nominated by Trump to fill vacant seats on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and in opening statements pledged to support the central bank's mission of full employment and price stability.
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Dorsey livetweeted his opening statements, much like he did for the morning's hearing: If it's okay with all of you, I'd like to read you something I personally wrote as I thought about these issues.
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On the second day of Taylor Swift's trial against former radio show host David Mueller for alleged sexual assault, the superstar was focused and calm as their lawyers presented opening statements to the jury panel.
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In keeping with a noticeably low-key approach by Saudi Arabia's government, however, neither that photo opportunity, nor the GCC meeting's opening statements, were broadcast on live television, as has often been the case before.
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Opening statements in a federal trial in Minnesota for three Somali-American men accused of trying to assist Islamic State (IS) and fight with the militant group in Syria are expected to begin on Wednesday.
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In equally dramatic opening statements, Assistant U.S. Attorney Eugene Miller likened Christensen to serial killer Ted Bundy and said he was heard on tape admitting to killing 12 other people besides Zhang, Fox News reports.
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The first mention of health-care came in the candidates' opening statements, when moderator Lester Holt of NBC News asked which "top three priorities" the candidates would pursue in their "first 100 days in office".
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Taylor's in court Tuesday with her lawyer, who just said in opening statements ... Tay's only seeking $1 in her countersuit against former DJ David Mueller on principle -- because she believes what he did is assault.
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While there have been tough questions from several senators, rhetoric regarding government regulation of internet companies like Facebook was not overly pronounced in opening statements, though several Senators did directly address it in their questioning.
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On Monday, the defense in the trial of Lonnie Franklin Jr., the alleged Grim Sleeper serial killer accused of murdering ten women in Los Angeles over a 23-year beginning in 1984, began opening statements.
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Republican lawmakers on the committee jumped in ahead of opening statements from Wednesday's witnesses to call for to subpoena the whistleblower who first raised concerns about Trump's July 6900 call with the Ukrainian president. Rep.
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Washington (CNN)Rudy Giuliani joined President Donald Trump's legal team last month, and in a whirlwind few days, he has made a series of eye-opening statements about a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.
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The new jury on Monday heard in prosecutors' opening statements that Cosby had paid $3.38 million to a woman who accused him of sexual assault as part of a 2006 settlement of a civil lawsuit.
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Though the jury saw a series of pictures of Melgen's home during opening statements, they have not been formally admitted into evidence at trial thus far, and the prosecution may ultimately seek to exclude them.
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Senators from the president's party read opening statements extolling the nominee's virtues, while senators from the opposing party take the opportunity to air concerns about the nominee's temperament and potential views on major social issues.
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Instead, the judge gave broad directions to the prosecutors: Try to reduce the number of Ukrainian documents given to the jury, use testimony to add context and don't refer to individual documents in opening statements.
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The contentious first day, which consisted of opening statements from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and from Judge Kavanaugh, set the stage for fierce questioning of the Supreme Court nominee in the days ahead.
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Deputy District Attorney John Lewin also spent much of his lengthy opening statements reviewing a complicated timeline to show jurors how Durst was able to secretly travel from Northern California to Berman's Beverly Hills home.
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The markup began the night before, with opening statements from the more than 40 members of the Judiciary panel — a 3 1/85033-hour meeting notable for the absence of outbursts and other dramatic flourishes.
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In opening statements, defense attorney Linda Moreno cast Salman as a "simple young mother" with a low IQ. Salman was a victim of Mateen's abuse and infidelity and of the FBI's coercive investigators, Moreno argued.
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Opening statements in Ortega's murder trial began Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court, and Ortega stands accused of repeatedly stabbing to death Lucia, 6, and Leo Krim, 2, in their Upper West Side home in Manhattan.
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But the opening statements by the prosecutors and the defense suggested that Mr. Percoco's longstanding association with Mr. Cuomo would resurface frequently in the trial, which is expected to last from four to six weeks.
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To counter Levandowski's expected refusal to answer questions, Rowe said Uber should tell jurors in opening statements that the company's actions and those of Levandowski are separate, stressing that Uber fired the engineer last May.
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In his opening statements, he stressed that Schiff, who was still in field training at the time of the shooting, was a "rookie" who was already primed for a shootout after receiving the call from dispatch.
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Here's a look at some of the more eye-opening statements of the week: Crime in the city During the Republican Party retreat in Philadelphia this week, Trump made a reference to the city's murder rate.
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Wednesday night's debate—the third and final of the general election—started out like the others: with gentle opening statements from Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and careful viewer remarks about how calm each candidate appeared.
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They've pressed Democrats to open the process up to the public, while warning that gauging witnesses on their opening statements alone is misleading, since it excludes the hours of closed-door questioning that's followed those remarks.
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The 2020 hopefuls made a final two-day sprint across the state over the weekend but were sidelined on the trail for nearly three weeks as the Senate sat through opening statements, questions and procedural fights.
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In opening statements, defense attorneys did not dispute that he was the one who drove his Dodge Challenger into the crowd, but they argued he only did so because he was in fear for his life.
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During opening statements of the dramatic trial on April 16, jurors listened as Jones' attorney, Lisa Bloom, alleged David once ran his hands up Jones' legs and ordered her to watch a porn video, reports NBC20143.
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"We believe she had just exited the shower and was getting ready to go out with Mr. Kutcher when she was attacked from behind," Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Dan Akemon said during opening statements.
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It's standard practice for hearing participants to post their opening statements online, but Jack Dorsey took the extra step of tweeting his testimony and then looking down during the hearing to read it off his phone.
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Without opening statements, each candidate will have 60 seconds to answer questions and 33 seconds to respond to any follow-ups, putting them under immense pressure to stand out in a crowded field of 2020 hopefuls.
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But, from the candidates' opening statements, in which Donald Trump went after Hillary Clinton, eschewing his attacks on Lyin' Ted [Cruz] and Little Marco [Rubio]—epithets that remained unspoken throughout the evening—the atmosphere was different.
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His remarks came during opening statements in the trial of Mr. Bundy, his brother Ryan Bundy and five other activists who led the six-week occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which began on Jan.
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Lightning Speed Before heading into Tuesday, court-watchers expected a slow start to the trial, with the jury selection process to last up to two days and for opening statements to start on the third day.
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Susan Collins of Maine and other colleagues "raised concerns about the 24 hours of opening statements in two days and the admission of the House transcript is the record," Annie Clark, a Collins spokeswoman, told CNN.
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His attorneys admitted in their opening statements that their client was a mobster but repeatedly denied he had been an FBI informant, contending that he paid corrupt agents for tips but provided no information in return.
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After each side is done with opening statements, senators will submit questions to Chief Justice John Roberts, who is overseeing the trial and will read them during a 16-hour Q&A portion of the trial.
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House rules allow all 41 members of the committee — 24 Democrats and 17 Republicans — to make five-minute opening statements, which means it's going to take hours just to get to the starting point of debate.
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The ex-employee, Nan Huang, did not have a significant advantage over the investing public, despite using the data, said Gregory Morvillo, in opening statements in an insider trading trial in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.
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"When he pointed a gun at [the officers], and aimed at them with a red laser sight, all they knew was this was a man with a gun who aimed at them," Baumgartner said during opening statements.
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A jury heard opening statements Wednesday in the trial of Kevin Mallory, 60, of Leesburg, Va. Mallory, a former self-employed consultant, had grown suspicious about a Chinese think tank's job offer, defense attorney Geremy Kamens said.
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According to reporters in the courthouse Wednesday, Roof appeared to show little remorse as he addressed the jury in his opening statements and wanted to stress that his actions were not driven by an underlying psychological disorder.
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Sure, Samsung Mobile President DJ Koh was full of subtle, Note 7-referencing messaging, as he focused his opening statements on "important new beginnings" with "products that you trust," and Samsung's commitment to quality, safety and craftsmanship.
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Opening statements were offered on Monday in the ongoing second-degree murder trial of Chanel Lewis, the 22-year-old man accused of killing Karina Vetrano while she was out for a run the evening of Aug.
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Chris Christie knew about the September 2013 lane closures at the George Washington Bridge while they were going on, federal prosecutors alleged in court Monday during the opening statements for their case against two former Christie confidantes.
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In opening statements before jurors in federal district court in New York, Assistant US Attorney Adam Fels described Guzman as a man who went from small-town dealer to kingpin capable of turning $10 million cocaine deals.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers defending three former soccer officials at trial on U.S. corruption charges strove to distance their clients from a scandal that has engulfed the sport as they delivered opening statements to jurors on Monday.
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"The administration is still negotiating on provisions of the legislation, creating uncertainty in both parties," said Chairman Rob Bishop, R-Utah, in a statement issued after the committee delivered opening statements for the markup on Wednesday evening.
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MILFORD, Pa. (Reuters) - Pennsylvania prosecutors showed jurors graphic images of a police officer moments after he was fatally shot in a 2014 sniper attack, during opening statements on Tuesday in the murder trial of survivalist Eric Frein.
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In their opening statements, Uber's lawyers countered that the company had developed its technology on its own and that any similarities were due to the information's being generally known or easy to figure out for Uber's engineers.
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Thursday's vote was in contrast to previous ones in the fight over Brexit, with only a few dozen attending the opening statements, although most of the lawmakers arrived by the time debate ended, according to the newspaper.
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Most importantly, after opening statements, 45-minute rounds, and the usual congressional bickering, it was not until some three and a half hours into the hearing that the Republicans' top (or at least most combative) questioner, Rep.
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And Wednesday's session was only opening statements; the real fireworks will take place Thursday when the committee takes up the two articles, which charge Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over the Ukraine scandal.
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Following opening statements from the committees' chairmen and ranking members, the hearing quickly devolved into a bout of bickering over parliamentary procedures in which both parties' lawmakers argued about whether certain questions were appropriate to ask Strzok.
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When it was his turn to testify, Kavanaugh came off as defensive and angry, shouting and crying his way through his opening statements and turning questions about his adolescent drinking habits back on the senators questioning him.
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Without opening statements, and with only 60 seconds to answer questions and 30 seconds to respond to follow-ups, candidates are under pressure to stand out and answer, Why should voters pick you as the Democratic presidential nominee?
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Swift countersued Mueller for assault and is seeking a symbolic $1 in damages to make the point that "you can say no when someone puts their hand on you," her lawyer told the Denver court in opening statements.
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An online forum Thursday between two candidates running for Congress in California was interrupted shortly after opening statements when a hacker broke into the stream and began showing sex acts between two men, according to a local report.
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In addition to briefing senators, the Pentagon and State Department took the rare step of publicly releasing Mattis and Pompeo's closed-door opening statements ahead of the briefing, and Pompeo spoke to reporters in the Senate basement afterward.
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On Thursday morning, during opening statements, prosecutors laid out their case that Mr. Spota and his deputy directed a cover-up to protect Mr. Burke, pressuring potential witnesses not to cooperate with the federal investigation into the assault.
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Opening statements are expected on Tuesday in Boston federal court in the case of the four Teamsters Local 25 members who prosecutors said resorted to thug tactics including threatening celebrity host Padma Lakshmi to try to land jobs.
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Opening statements in the hearing were delayed by more than an hour as Democratic senators complained about the limits on their access to documents from Judge Kavanaugh's tenure in the Bush administration White House and pressed to adjourn.
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HOUSTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Opening statements began on Thursday in criminal charges against the U.S. arm of a French company and three executives over chemical fires that burned for days and injured emergency workers called to the site.
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That trial involved a period for opening statements, followed by a written question period and a decision to allow witnesses to be questioned behind closed doors and allow video of their depositions to be played at the trial.
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The "Sopranos" actress took the stand in Manhattan court on Thursday, a day after attorneys gave their opening statements in Weinstein's criminal trial, to testify about how the disgraced movie producer allegedly raped her over 25 years ago.
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While he didn&apost mention Apple by name during his opening statements before the European Parliament on January 13, he did cite the proprietary solutions proposed by the industry as a reason for the 2018 plan falling short.
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But McConnell has said the Senate should first agree to the rules of the trial that pave the way for opening statements from the Democratic House impeachment managers and the President's defense team, and then decide on witnesses.
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If you want to go deeper, here's our full story on the day's events, our Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak's analysis of the witnesses' opening statements, and a review (of sorts) by our chief television critic James Poniewozik.
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During opening statements last Tuesday, Knox County Assistant District Attorney Kevin Allen called Gaul a "premeditated cold-hearted killer," the Associated Press reports, saying he shot Emma because he was enraged that she had broken up with him permanently.
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Ed. Note: After years of pre-trial litigation, opening statements began today in the trial of the nanny accused of fatally stabbing two New York City children in her care in the bathtub of the kids' apartment in 17.
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Yet as candidates gave their opening statements on Tuesday night, they had very little to say about the issues affecting the thousands of black voters living in the city — or the millions of black voters living in the Midwest.
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In their opening statements at a public hearing Thursday, Republican Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and ranking Democrat Dianne Feinstein exchanged barbs about the politics and process surrounding allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Swift's lawyer also told the jury panel — made up of two men and six women — during opening statements that Swift told someone on her team, 'Dude, that guy just grabbed my ass,' right after the alleged incident in 2013.
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With respect to the September 1, 2019, Warsaw meeting, the conversations described in Ambassador Taylor's and Mr. Morrison's opening statements have refreshed my recollection about conversations involving the suspension of U.S. aid, which had become public only days earlier.
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Prosecutors introduced the rough ride theory during their opening statements, but it ran into hurdles when one of their witnesses said he had not seen the van make abrupt starts, stops or turns in his review of the evidence.
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The case has also become the first big test for the new Bronx district attorney, Darcel D. Clark, who has vowed to focus on prosecuting crimes committed at Rikers and sat prominently in the front row during opening statements.
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Alexandria, Virginia (CNN)Prosecutors accused former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of being a "shrewd" liar who orchestrated a global scheme to avoid paying taxes on millions of dollars, in opening statements that kicked off Manafort's trial on Tuesday.
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Here are five of the most incendiary moments from the hearing: Shortly after Strzok and the committee leaders gave opening statements, the hearing sputtered to a halt, as Republicans and Democrats disagreed with increasing volume on rules and procedure.
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The interruption, arriving just as jurors had taken their seats for opening statements, was as jarring as it was brief, with Judge Richard M. Berman calmly asking prosecutors to proceed after the defendant, Ahmad Khan Rahimi, had been removed.
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It was a "terribly miscalculated risk," the prosecutor, Raffaela Belizaire, said last week during opening statements in a trial before a judge of the driver, Dave Lewis, whose coach bus struck and killed Dan Hanegby of Brooklyn last summer.
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Finally, Schumer called McConnell's idea of deciding on new evidence until after House impeachment managers and the president's counsel deliver opening statements as a "ruse" to block the Senate from hearing any new information about the president's decision-making.
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However, there are still only five confirmed cases in the U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers are set to finish their opening statements Tuesday, after laying out a multipronged defense in Day Two at his Senate impeachment trial on Monday.
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For example, Mr. Craig said, the initial rules in that case gave four days to the Republican managers to make a case for conviction, followed by four days for the president's legal team to defend him — essentially opening statements.
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During opening statements, prosecutors said Lucas was seen setting the fire in her home and wanted to cover up the abuse of her emaciated 2-year-old son, as well as to get other housing through the Red Cross.
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Washington (CNN)Opening statements for Paul Manafort's second criminal trial will be delayed by a week and the special counsel's office will not bring up Manafort's work as Donald Trump's presidential campaign chairman, it was revealed in court Tuesday.
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Two veteran foreign service officers revealed new details to House impeachment investigators on Wednesday about the unconventional efforts by President Donald Trump's associates to influence U.S. policy toward Ukraine, according to copies of their opening statements obtained by POLITICO.
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The hearing is likely to last three to four days, with Gorsuch and committee members making opening statements on the first day, the nominee facing questions on the second day and outside experts also testifying, Senator Chuck Grassley said.
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BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A Baltimore police officer fatally injured black detainee Freddie Gray by giving him a "rough ride" in a transport van, a prosecutor said on Thursday in opening statements of the murder trial of a third officer in Gray's death.
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The federal death penalty trial for the murder of University of Illinois student Zhang Yingying began on June 12, when it was revealed in opening statements that her alleged killer, Brendt Christensen, has an obsession with serial killers — specifically, Ted Bundy.
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In a hearing on the Hill, Apple's general counsel Bruce Sewell, reading his opening statements off of an iPad Pro, argued many of the same points the company has made since its fight over a San Bernardino terrorist's iPhone first began.
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Watch the hearing live here: Here's what to look for: The opening statements The proceedings will open with a 10-minute statement from Gorsuch, where he'll deliver his first public remarks since appearing alongside Trump when his nomination was announced.
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Although Craig Wood has pleaded not guilty to charges including first-degree murder, his attorney, Patrick Berrigan, agreed with the basic facts outlined by Greene County Prosecutor Dan Patterson in opening statements at Wood&aposs trial, The Springfield News-Leader reported.
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" (In opening statements, Mr. Fliedner said that New York police officers are trained in CPR and required to offer it when necessary.) Asked if Officer Liang spoke to or touched either Ms. Butler or Mr. Gurley, she again said, "No.
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Kicking off the trial on Monday, Waymo's lawyer spent much of his opening statements to the jury painting Uber (and its then-CEO Travis Kalanick) as committed to winning the self-driving car race "at all costs"—including through cheating.
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A jury has been selected and opening statements have been given in the trial of Cardell Hayes, the 28-year-old accused of murdering former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith earlier this year in an alleged road rage altercation.
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" But prosecutor Jason Napoli has rejected the notion, telling prospective jurors before opening statements, "If you find that Cardell Hayes was the aggressor in this incident — that is, he brought on the conflict — he has no right to claim self-defense.
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The prosecution ended its opening statements by reiterating that Abu Khatallah was motivated by his hate for Americans and concerns that the US mission in Libya served as a "spy nest" -- a point that echoed claims made in pre-trial documents.
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Lawyers are set to deliver opening statements Monday in federal court in Boston in the case of former Insys chairman John Kapoor, the highest-level executive of a painkiller manufacturer to be tried amid a deadly U.S. opioid abuse epidemic.
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Prosecution and defense lawyers delivered opening statements to the 12-member jury in federal court in Washington, painting dramatically different portraits of the 67-year-old Republican political operative who has been a friend and ally of Trump for four decades.
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The special counsel&aposs line of attack in the Paul Manafort trial kicking off Tuesday won&apost become clear until opening statements -- but the government&aposs witness list gives an early glimpse at their strategy in the high-stakes case.
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The defense for officer Betty Shelby, 43, said in their opening statements before the jury of 12, which includes two black women, that prosecutors carelessly rushed to bring charges for the September 2016 death of Terence Crutcher, who was 40.
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"He is a congenital liar, a pathological liar," one defense lawyer, Barry A. Bohrer, told the jury in opening statements late last month, adding that Mr. Howe had deceived his wife, a bank, his children's school — even his dog walkers.
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We've just learned that the nation's three largest drug distributors and two manufacturers are trying to settle thousands of opioid-related cases before Monday, when opening statements are scheduled for the first federal trial to determine responsibility for the opioid epidemic.
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White House aides said they were satisfied with the Trump team's opening statements, particularly singling out remarks late Monday by Alan Dershowitz, who argued among other things that the claims in Bolton's unpublished book — if true — wouldn't constitute an impeachable defense.
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Beyond that, the two sides disagreed on why the shooting had taken place as they made their opening statements Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of Betty Jo Shelby, the Tulsa officer charged in the death of the driver, Terence Crutcher.
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Opening statements are expected to begin Wednesday with Joan Illuzi, a veteran prosecutor who has worked in the district attorney's office for more than 30 years, presenting the prosecution's case to the 12 jurists and Cheronis outlining the defense strategy.
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This is essentially a few public meetings, where lawmakers provide opening statements and lay out their toplines for any negotiation, but the real work, trading of proposals and deal-making -- to the extent it occurs -- happens entirely behind closed doors.
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McConnell declined to say if he would prefer a longer, more robust impeachment trial with multiple witnesses, or a shorter more concise trial that might skip any testimony beyond the opening statements from House managers and rebuttals from the President's lawyers.
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Prosecutor: Guyger ambivalent after shooting Tuesday's line of questioning appeared aimed at proving a point prosecutor Jason Hermus made in opening statements Monday: that Guyger was more concerned with her own life and career than she was with the dying Jean.
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Throughout the intervening two-ish weeks, McConnell has had a decidedly low public profile -- usually only speaking in the Senate chamber to announce when there would be a break in either the opening statements or the question-and-answer period.
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Though most of that testimony remains hidden from public view — a chief criticism by Republicans who oppose the impeachment process — the elements that have been released, including opening statements from several of the most explosive witnesses, have corroborated central details.
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Guyger was fatigued after working 40 hours in four days and was on "autopilot" when she parked on the wrong floor in the garage where the floors are not clearly marked, defense attorney Robert Rogers said in opening statements on Monday.
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She was fatigued after working 40 hours in four days and was on "autopilot" when she parked on the wrong floor in the garage where the floors are not clearly marked, defense attorney Robert Rogers said in opening statements on Monday.
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Opening statements were already off to a contentious start: Just hours before the hearings began a lawyer for President George W. Bush turned over more than 42,000 pages of previously secret documents from Kavanaugh's time in the Bush White House.
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We finally found a jury of 12 that seemingly claimed they could be fair and right, but before opening statements, one of the jurors started weeping and told the judge that she was afraid she was going to get whacked.
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The ruling by U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro paved the way for the trial of Bundy, 71, and his three co-defendants, including sons Ammon and Ryan Bundy, to proceed with opening statements on Tuesday in a trial expected to last through February.
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After one-minute opening statements by all the candidates, Tapper pivoted to health care — but repeatedly interrupted the candidates to enforce an absurdly short time limit, making it impossible for candidates to give full and interesting answers on some difficult policy questions.
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"We believe she had just exited the shower and was getting ready to go out with Mr. Kutcher when she was attacked from behind," Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Dan Akemon said in a Los Angeles courtroom during the trial's opening statements.
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Opening statements reportedly began Monday in the murder trial for the suspected killer of Bella Bond, the Massachusetts 2-year-old who became known as "Baby Doe" after her unidentified body was found in a plastic bag near the Boston shoreline in 2015.
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A federal jury in Concord, New Hampshire, will hear opening statements in the trial of Christopher Clough, whose case could provide a glimpse into some of the evidence prosecutors plan to use in the upcoming trial of six former Insys executives and managers.
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At the beginning of Mr. McKinley's interview, Republican lawmakers used their opening statements to lash out at the inquiry, making the same arguments about an unfair process behind closed doors that they later delivered to scrums of reporters after leaving the sessions.
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The trial, which began last Monday, has been no kinder to the governor: Prosecutors waited exactly zero days before asserting, during opening statements, that Mr. Christie knew three of his aides and allies were involved in the plot as it was unfolding.
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The opening statements marked the start of an unusual trial that, as well as placing two longtime federal law enforcement employees in unfamiliar roles as defendants, could reveal seamy activities at the club, which prosecutors have said included prostitution and drug use.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors were presented with a stark choice during opening statements Friday in the trial of Evan Greebel, the lawyer charged with conspiracy alongside former drug executive Martin Shkreli: was he Shkreli's "right hand man," or a victim of his deceit?
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Los Angeles (CNN)Prosecutors in the Los Angeles murder trial of millionaire Robert Durst, accused of killing his best friend to stop her incriminating him in the disappearance of his wife, are scheduled to start a second day of opening statements Thursday.
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The mayor was mentioned during opening statements on Wednesday, and lawyers for both sides said that they expected the allegation against Mr. de Blasio to be an issue in a two-month trial that may hinge on the credibility of Mr. Singh.
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WASHINGTON — The much-watched antitrust trial between the Justice Department and AT&T began on Thursday, with opening statements that presented starkly different visions for how the company's blockbuster merger with Time Warner would fit into a media industry upturned by the internet.
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On Monday night, prosecutors filed a motion to Judge Cogan asking him to preclude the defense from arguing, as it did in opening statements, that Mr. Zambada, known as Mayo, had quietly conspired with Mexican and American officials to target Mr. Guzmán.
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When opening statements began on Tuesday in the murder trial of Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a 40-year-old Australian woman while on duty in 2017, the prosecutors might seem to hold most of the cards.
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And like Mr. Seabrook's first trial, which ended in a mistrial in November, this one may hinge on the credibility of the government's key witness, Jona S. Rechnitz — a point that prosecutors and the defense harped on during their opening statements on Thursday.
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The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said prosecutors planned to deliver opening statements on Wednesday, after the judge and attorneys for both sides spent two weeks selecting 12 jurors and 12 alternates for a trial expected to last about five months.
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But after Mr. Trump's defense team wrapped up its opening statements on Tuesday, Ms. Sinema remained in the Senate chamber for more than 10 minutes, deep in conversation with Senator Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee and a close ally of Mr. McConnell.
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Under McConnell's plan, opening statements would be condensed into just two calendar days, drawing outrage from Democrats who argued McConnell was rushing the trial and trying to push the debate into the middle of the night when most Americans would be asleep.
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Opening statements to begin Burke is expected to address outstanding motions — including a renewed effort by the defense to move the case outside of New York and to declare a mistrial based on selection of Juror No. 11 — when court resumes Tuesday.
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New York (CNN)Jury selection in the drug conspiracy trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was completed Wednesday, with the reputed kingpin awaiting a federal judge's decision on whether he can briefly embrace his former beauty queen wife before opening statements next week.
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The seven House managers spent the bulk of their three days of opening statements focused on the first of two articles of impeachment against Trump, charging him with abusing his power through his efforts to have Ukraine launch probes into his political rivals.
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After three-and-a-half hours of opening statements on Wednesday, a marathon session on Thursday seemed like it would never finish as both sides engaged in a kind of mutually assured destruction — refusing to be the ones to call it quits first.
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Counsel for the Republicans and Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee will each receive one hour to give opening statements; from there, Republican and Democratic counsel from the House Intelligence Committee will each receive an hour and a half to present evidence.
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The forum, hosted by political organization Independent Like the North State, managed to get through the introductions and opening statements of the candidates present for the event before getting disrupted by a few seconds of two men fucking, per Redding California ABC affiliate KRCR-TV.
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Opening statements in the trial, expected to last through February, had been scheduled to begin Tuesday, but U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro granted the delay after attorneys for Bundy and three other defendants successfully argued they needed any such video to defend their clients.
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"This trial is about what Harvard has done and is doing to Asian-American applicants, and how far Harvard has gone in its zeal to use race in the admissions process," said Adam Mortara, a lawyer for SFFA, during the trial's opening statements on Monday.
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DENVER, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Lawyers on both sides of a trial pitting pop star Taylor Swift against a Colorado radio personality she accused of groping her were expected on Tuesday to deliver opening statements to jurors hearing the case in a federal courtroom in Denver.
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Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)A jury of 11 white people and one black man is scheduled to hear opening statements Thursday in the trial of Michael Slager, the former North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Walter Scott.
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The defense lawyer for the former University of Illinois Ph.D. candidate on trial for the murder of a visiting Chinese exchange student shocked the jury when he admitted in opening statements that his client abducted, raped and brutally beat the 26-year-old in 2017.
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But a defense attorney for Terry Thompson disputed the claim during opening statements in Thompson&aposs murder trial, saying his client was acting in self-defense and trying only to subdue a man who had attacked him after being confronted about urinating in public.
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James Fields Jr. was acting in self-defense when he drove into the crowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville last August, his lawyers said in the trial's opening statements Thursday, following what the judge called the "most complicated jury selection" process he'd ever participated in.
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During opening statements on Tuesday in Knox County Criminal Court, Knox County Assistant District Attorney Kevin Allen called Gaul a "premeditated cold-hearted killer," the Associated Press reports, saying he shot Emma because he was enraged that she had broken up with him permanently.
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"The evidence in the case will tell you a story about a serial killer who stalked the streets of South Los Angeles," said Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman during opening statements Tuesday in the trial of Grim Sleeper suspect Lonnie Franklin.
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AROUND THE WEB: In opening statements Tuesday in the federal trial of the accused occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, attorneys presented contrasting views of the protest as an armed, military-style occupation and as a political protest, the Oregonian reports.
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Gates outlines false expense reports, financial crimes The defense in the case is likely to subject Gates to an intensive cross-examination after arguing during opening statements that he embezzled millions of dollars from Manafort and then turned against him under pressure from Mueller.
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During the prosecution's opening statements last week, Pishoy Yacoub, an assistant district attorney, said that Mr. Lightfoot had caught the attention of Eliseo Perez Jr., an assistant chief for security, and Gerald Vaughn, a correction captain, during a routine check of inmates for weapons.
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The boxers sat on opposing sides of a Manhattan federal courtroom as jurors heard their attorneys give opening statements in a trial focused on whether Povetkin ingested meldonium after a World Anti-Doping Agency ban of the drug went into effect in January 2016.
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Despite the corruption charges, Mr. Booker has been steadfast in his support of Mr. Menendez, contributing to his legal defense fund, showing up for the trial's opening statements and offering unlimited praise ("Bob Menendez never stops working for New Jersey" has become a regular refrain).
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As jurors on Thursday heard opening statements in a murder case against one man and as a second man awaited trial, an essential question loomed: Was the killing of Kedarie, much as he may have been beloved in his own circles, a hate crime?
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In opening statements, the defense team conceded that its client was outside the mission during the attack and later briefly went inside, but said he had gone only out of curiosity, and emphasized that he went home before the mortar attack on the C.I.A. annex.
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Here's how the hearing will play out: Dr. Blasey will have a chance to make an opening statement, and the senators who lead the committee — Senator Chuck Grassley, the committee chairman, and Senator Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat — will then make their opening statements.
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The debate begins at 8 pm Eastern with opening statements from all the candidates, although if the previous debates are anything to go by, there will be a few minutes of pomp, circumstance, and possible hot mic action before the show really gets underway.
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Opening statements centered on a frame-by-frame description of the body camera video, with the prosecution saying that the footage suggested that Mr. Heaggan-Brown fired a second shot almost immediately after the first, when Mr. Smith was unarmed and crumpled on the ground.
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Lawyers for the state and J&J are scheduled to appear on Tuesday in a state court in Norman, Oklahoma, to deliver their opening statements at the start of the first trial to result from more than 2,000 similar lawsuits against opioid manufacturers nationally.
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During opening statements, Jose Nieves, one of two assistant attorneys general handling the case, said it was impossible that Mr. Small had assaulted the officer in the single second between when he approached the car and when he recoiled from being struck by the bullets.
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Krim came home from taking her then-3-year-old daughter to a swim class when she found her two other children "bloodied" and "lifeless ... their eyes open, covered in blood," Assistant District Attorney Courtney Groves said in opening statements last month, according to ABC News.
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Opening statements from Grassley and ranking member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) set the stage for a hearing likely to take two different paths, with Democrats pushing Comey on his role in Clinton's shocking November defeat and Republicans questioning the evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia.
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When Schiff gavels open the first session on Wednesday morning in a large House hearing room, he and the panel's senior Republican, Devin Nunes, are expected to make opening statements and then allow the witnesses, U.S. diplomats William Taylor and George Kent, to do the same.
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Story at a glance As global business and political powerhouses convene in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum — a meeting where the top businesspeople, politicians and cultural leaders convene "to shape global, regional and industry agendas" — activist Greta Thunberg delivered opening statements on climate change.
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On the second day of opening statements, House impeachment managers revisited points they'd already made about why and how they say Donald Trump abused his power as President and why, contrary to Republicans' defense, Trump doesn't actually have to have committed a crime to be impeached.
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Still, the spirit of that letter has taken on new relevance after Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican and an ardent defender of President Donald Trump, spent hours attacking Vindman on Twitter Thursday as Democratic impeachment managers made the House's opening statements in the President's Senate impeachment trial.
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At the very least I recommend watching some of the surprisingly forthright opening statements from all of these companies — each of them could be snuffed out in an instant by Amazon or Google or Apple and those giant companies might not even notice they did it.
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Uber was either a cheating competitor willing to break the law to win the race to develop self-driving cars, or the victim of an unproven conspiracy theory stitched together by its main rival, Waymo, jurors heard in opening statements of a trade secrets trial on Monday.
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Japan defense review warns of enhanced North Korea threats Lawyers on both sides of a trial pitting pop star Taylor Swift against a Colorado radio personality she accused of groping her are expected to deliver opening statements to jurors hearing the case in a federal courtroom in Denver today.
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Jurors in Brooklyn federal court heard opening statements from prosecutors and from lawyers for Vitaly Korchevsky, 53, and Vladislav Khalupsky, 47, who stand accused of making close to $20 million by trading stocks based on corporate press releases stolen by hackers before they were released to the public.
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Bill Cosby's defense lawyers on Tuesday were set to make their opening statements in his retrial on sex assault charges, a case that is expected to include testimony from a woman who claims his accuser had mused about profiting from allegations against a famous man.
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In opening statements before U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan, Assistant U.S. Attorney Damian Williams told jurors that Silver funneled state money to a prominent cancer researcher and supported a real estate developer's interests on rent legislation in exchange for about $4 million in bribes and kickbacks.
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LOS ANGELES, March 20153 (Reuters) - Robert Durst, the ailing New York real estate scion whose arrest prosecutors say was hastened by his confession to multiple killings in a 2015 TV documentary, was due to face a jury on Wednesday for opening statements in his Los Angeles murder trial.
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All the parties are under extreme pressure to reach a deal by Monday, when opening statements are set to begin in Cleveland in the first federal trial to determine responsibility for the opioid epidemic, which has led to 400,000 deaths in the United States over the past two decades.
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NEW YORK — Two years after dozens of women came forward to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, his rape trial began Wednesday with opening statements by prosecutors, who portrayed the disgraced Hollywood mogul as "a sexual predator," and his lawyers, who maintained their client has been mischaracterized.
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Following two weeks of jury selection — and several attempts by Weinstein's lawyers to delay the trial — dozens of people filled Judge James Burke's courtroom in the New York State Supreme Court building for opening statements, laying out the arguments lawyers are expected to present during the two-month trial.
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Yet despite this, GOP Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has refused to commit to allowing any witnesses to be called in the expected upcoming impeachment trial of Donald Trump until after he hears the opening statements from the House managers who are prosecuting Trump and the President's defense team.
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Minority Democrats had complained bitterly that the original plan, which could have meant 12 hours of lawyers' opening statements each day, "could force presentations to take place at two or three in the morning ... literally in the dark of night," as Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer put it.
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Only a few dozen members of Parliament attended the opening statements of the debate on Thursday — in contrast to the packed chamber for previous discussions on Brexit — but by the time the debate drew to a close hours later, most of the lawmakers had trickled into the room.
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During opening statements, Justice Department lawyer Craig Conrath asked for the deal to be blocked, saying it would hike prices for consumers by more than $400 million annually, or an average of $0.45 a month for pay TV subscribers, by making rival pay TV companies pay more for Time Warner content.
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Justin Ross Harris, the man accused of murdering his 22-month-old son by allegedly intentionally leaving him in a hot car while he went to his job at Home Depot, wept in court on Monday as his attorney delivered opening statements about the events that led to the toddler's death.
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Officer Caesar Goodson, who faces the most serious charges in a controversial case that sparked days of unrest in Baltimore, ran a stop sign and veered into another lane of traffic while making a turn because of the speed he was traveling, prosecutor Michael Schatzow said during opening statements Thursday.
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His comments came in opening statements in the first trial since GM's recall of 2.6 million vehicles, including Scheuer's 2003 Saturn Ion, over an ignition switch that could inadvertently slip to an "off" or "accessory" position while the car was in motion, stalling engines and disabling critical systems like air bags.
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In opening statements, a lawyer for the family of Bertila Boyd-Bostic, who died of a rare form of cancer in 2017 at the age of 30, told a jury in the Darlington County Court of Common Pleas that J&J had known for decades that its baby powder contained asbestos.
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A jury of six men and six women was seated hours after the proceedings began in United States District Court in Alexandria, Va. By midafternoon, the prosecutors and the defense team were making their opening statements, laying out the contours of the case they intend to make to the jury.
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In the long-awaited opening statements of a jury trial expected to last three to four weeks, Waymo claimed that Uber, knowing that it was trailing in the race to develop self-driving cars, took a shortcut by stealing technology from Waymo, which was spun out of Google in late 2016.
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" Collins echoed the majority leader, saying, "I think it's difficult to decide in isolation [whether witnesses are needed] before we have heard the opening statements, particularly since the president's attorney chose not to put a case on in the House and Republicans were not allowed to call witnesses in committee.
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On the third and final day of opening statements, Democrats tried to cement their case that Trump abused his office by pressuring Kiev to investigate Joe Biden, a former vice president and 2020 Democratic presidential contender, and then obstructed Congress' inquiry into the matter by barring witnesses and withholding documents.
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Sources close to the legal team said Trump's lawyers have prepared for the "contingency" of having witnesses called during the trial, but the White House and Senate Republicans have fought to delay the witness question until after opening statements and questions from senators, citing the model used to try Clinton.
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Pelosi wasn't entirely successful in changing his mind on the issue of witnesses, but McConnell did shift slightly — the Republican position evolved: Now GOP senators say the trial should reflect the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, meaning that the issue of witnesses could be taken up after opening statements.
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"Facts are facts and fiction is fiction, A lie doesn't just become the truth because it's on the front page of a newspaper," Pruitt said in both of his opening statements to the Energy and Commerce Committee's subpanel on environment and the Appropriations Committee's subpanel on the Interior Department and EPA.
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Cipollone, a taciturn litigator who has developed a close relationship with the President, has spent much of his time over the past weeks interviewing those who could potentially help with the Senate trial, whether it's making opening statements, presenting evidence or playing a behind the scenes role in crafting the strategy.
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During opening statements at Stone's trial for lying to Congress in Washington, D.C., the prosecution — which ultimately answers to Trump — stopped short of accusing the president of a crime, but alleged he was in direct contact with Stone as the political provocateur sought information about the release of hacked emails.
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Muhtorov&aposs attorney said during opening statements that the former human rights worker did email with people who claimed to belong to the Islamic Jihad Union, but said he was play-acting as a distraction from a sometimes difficult transition to America and never sent the organization money or intended to join them.
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In his opening statements, Mr. Kobach, Harvard-educated and Yale Law School-trained, criticized current rules as weak and porous, arguing that a requirement that voters attest on a form at the Department of Motor Vehicles that they are citizens — risking a penalty of perjury for a false statement — is not enough.
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Opening statements in his trial are expected to begin Wednesday, more than two years after bombshell stories in The New York Times and The New Yorker quoted women who accused Weinstein of sexual abuse, rape, harassment and generally using his influence as a Hollywood power broker to take advantage of young women.
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In a Democratic debate that was more peaceful than acrid, the candidates transitioned from making biting opening statements to standing in unison in support of legalizing marijuana, supporting alternative energy sources such as wind turbines, paying for the entire school funding formula, investing in the state's failing infrastructure and countering President Trump.
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"It's important to note that the investigation was not designed to discover the causes of cancer among the people, nor was it designed to add to our understanding of the risks or benefits of crumb-rubber fields," said Cathy Wasserman, state epidemiologist for non-infectious conditions, in her opening statements about the investigation last week.
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His opening statements build on the massive shift in Zuckerberg's vision for the company that he first outlined early last month when he announced that Facebook would transition away from the News Feed and public posts and toward a "privacy-focused communications platform" that unified its messaging products around concepts like ephemerality and encryption.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - A jury in a trade-secrets lawsuit will get its first earful Monday as opening statements begin in a bitter legal battle between Waymo and Uber Technologies Inc that has captivated Silicon Valley and could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the fast-growing field of autonomous cars.
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In opening statements, McMonagle launched an attack on Constand's credibility, saying she originally told police she had never been alone with Cosby before the assault, that she went to dinner with Cosby and other friends then went back to his house before the assault and that she had no contact with Cosby following the assault.
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His lawyer sent in an addendum to his testimony after others' opening statements had become public that contained a bombshell — he admitted that he'd told a top Ukrainian official that they wouldn't get military aid until the country's leaders went on television and announced investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and the 2016 election.
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On Monday, a jury in St. Petersburg, FL, will hear opening statements in Hogan's $100 million civil lawsuit against Gawker Media for publishing a one-minute-and-40-second video excerpt of a sex tape apparently taken from security footage from the home of Hogan's friend and radio personality, Bubba the Love Sponge, in 2007.
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The almost eight hours of arguments on the Senate floor — the first portion of three days of Democratic opening statements — landed like a brick with Republican senators, who quickly panned the process as a political ruse and all but announced their votes to clear Trump of any wrongdoing when the question eventually reaches the floor.
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Her neighbor had a decorative plant outside her door while Jean's did not; Jean had a red welcome mat, while Guyger had none; and the No. 4 was posted outside each unit indicating she was on the fourth floor instead of her own floor, according to opening statements reported in the Dallas Morning News.
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After a morning plagued by delays and issues with the jury, the trial of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán began Tuesday in Brooklyn with an explosive round of opening statements, including allegations from the defense that the current and former presidents of Mexico took "hundreds of millions in bribes" from a Sinaloa cartel leader named Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
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Five weeks after Chief Putney took office, a jury heard opening statements in the trial of Randall Kerrick, a white police officer here who had been charged with voluntary manslaughter for the September 2013 killing of Jonathan Ferrell, an unarmed black man who was shot and killed after he sought help late at night following an auto accident.
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But it was Officer Maynard who was on trial in New York State Supreme Court in the Bronx on Monday as opening statements continued for a second day in the case of nine current or former Rikers correction officers accused of taking part in what prosecutors have described as an orchestrated assault and cover-up in July 2012.
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The headline out of opening statements at the trial of Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign chair, at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va.: "Assistant U.S. Attorney Uzo Asonye offered some new numbers and details on Paul Manafort's income and spending, saying the $60 million he made in Ukraine was only between 2010 and 2014," the WashPost reported.
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After six days of opening statements from House managers and President TrumpDonald John TrumpDemocrats outraged over White House lawyer's claim that some foreign involvement in elections is acceptable Senators take reins of impeachment trial in marathon question session White House announces task force to monitor coronavirus MORE's team, senators will start asking questions of both sides at 1 p.m.
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Though another one of Weinstein's lawyers, Damon Cheronis, assured jurors during opening statements on Wednesday that the defense would not shame any of the victims — only "question them thoroughly" — Rotunno's line of inquiry on Thursday played up old myths about rape, as she asked Sciorra a series of questions about her behavior following the alleged assault.
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In a change from the prison uniform he's worn during previous appearances before a judge, Frazee, 33, wore a shirt and khaki pants in a Teller County courtroom as attorneys for the defense and prosecution began to question potential jurors, a process that is expected to take several days before opening statements are heard in the trial, reports TV station KDVR.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyGOP senators call for Barr to release full results of Epstein investigation Trump health official: Controversial drug pricing move is 'top priority' Environmental advocates should take another look at biofuels MORE (R-Iowa) said members will hear opening statements from committee members and Gorsuch on Monday, then begin questioning him on Tuesday.
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The federal judge overseeing former Trump campaign chairman Paul ManafortPaul John ManafortTrial of ex-Obama White House counsel suddenly postponed Top Mueller probe prosecutor to join Georgetown Law as lecturer DOJ releases notes from official Bruce Ohr's Russia probe interviews MORE's upcoming trial in Washington granted a request by his defense attorneys for a one-week delay for opening statements, CNBC is reporting.
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Both Roe and ranking member Tim WalzTimothy (Tim) James WalzGun debate back in focus for states after mass shootings Minnesota program will pay homeowners to transform lawns into bee gardens as species inches closer to extinction Minnesota governor signs law making marital rape illegal MORE (D-Minn.) said in their opening statements that they believe Shulkin's intentions to help veterans are pure.
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The opening statements offered by Karlan and three other law professors made it clear why Republicans are focused on procedural distractions and making a mockery of the proceedings instead of defending Trump on the merits: Each of them with the exception of Jonathan Turley explicitly said that based on the record of last month's witness testimony, they've concluded that Trump committed impeachable offenses.
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In their respective opening statements, Corker and Cardin both expressed a concern that many of us have long had: not only have the American people's elected representatives been dodging the issue of authorizing the use of force, but the entire country would be better off if Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill actually followed the concepts codified in the Constitution.
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The U.S. Department of Justice sued to block the deal this past November, and now after long last, the antitrust trial that will determine the deal's fate is about to start tomorrow with opening statements, following a snow delay today in Washington, DC. This case is sprawling — the Justice Department intends to present 519 exhibits already — and much of the case will hinge on technical legal minutia.
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On or about May 30, 2012, 60-year-old Regina Renee Johnson, of San Carlos, California, shot her 14-year-old daughter, Aaliyah, in the back of the head before turning the gun on her 56-year-old husband, Reuben Johnson, San Diego County Deputy District Attorney Nicole Rooney alleged in opening statements Monday in San Diego Superior Court, the San Diego Tribune reports.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellFive environmental fights to watch in 2020 U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan highest in years 85033 forecast: A House switch, a slimmer Senate for GOP — and a bigger win for Trump MORE (R-Ky.) has said he wants a hydra-headed procedure, with housekeeping matters first agreed upon, opening statements, and then a later vote on whether witnesses will be called to testify.
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Opening statements in the country's first trial over whether a pharmaceutical company is liable for the opioid crisis began as a battle between fire and ice: Lawyers for Oklahoma, a state brought to its knees by addiction and overdose deaths, heatedly accused Johnson & Johnson of creating a deadly demand for the drugs, while the company coolly responded that it had acted responsibly and lawfully in its quest to offer relief to chronic pain patients.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellNew Parnas evidence escalates impeachment witnesses fight On The Money — Presented by Wells Fargo — Trump signs first phase of US-China trade deal | Senate to vote Thursday on Canada, Mexico deal | IRS provides relief for those with discharged student loans GOP senator: 2020 candidates must recuse themselves from impeachment trial MORE (R-Ky.) has said there will be no new witnesses or new documentation in a Senate trial, at least before the opening statements.
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C.) and Ranking Member Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerFacebook users in lawsuit say company failed to warn them of known risks before 2018 breach New intel chief inherits host of challenges Overnight Defense: US, Russia tensions grow over nuclear arms | Highlights from Esper's Asia trip | Trump strikes neutral tone on Hong Kong protests | General orders ethics review of special forces MORE (D-Va.) underscored their commitment to leading a bipartisan probe into Russian election interference in opening statements, striking a similar tone to their press conference on Wednesday.
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Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyGOP senators call for Barr to release full results of Epstein investigation Trump health official: Controversial drug pricing move is 'top priority' Environmental advocates should take another look at biofuels MORE (R-Iowa) and Dianne FeinsteinDianne Emiel FeinsteinTrump administration urges Congress to reauthorize NSA surveillance program The Hill's Morning Report - More talk on guns; many questions on Epstein's death Juan Williams: We need a backlash against Big Tech MORE (D-Calif.), as well as Gorsuch, are scheduled to give their opening statements.
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The long-awaited international soccer corruption trial kicked off on Monday, with US prosecutors arguing that the sport's high officials, driven by "lies, greed, and corruption," agreed to take millions of dollars in bribes over a period of decades.. In opening statements, delivered in a Brooklyn federal courtroom, federal prosecutor Keith Edelman said that the officials "lined their own pockets with money that should have gone to benefit the game instead of themselves," and claimed that the three South American defendants used their positions of power to negotiate bribes involving three different international tournaments.
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Democrats tried to include a requirement to vote on individual witnesses and documents in the organizing resolution that set the rules for the trial, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellDemocratic senator to force vote requiring Roberts to weigh in on witnesses Evangelical pastor: Jesus would have 'beat the crap' out of John Bolton Bolton's lawyer disputes NSC assessment that manuscript contains classified information MORE (R-Ky.) had the votes to shoot down the amendments and punt the question of witnesses until after both sides deliver opening statements.
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While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellNew Parnas evidence escalates impeachment witnesses fight On The Money — Presented by Wells Fargo — Trump signs first phase of US-China trade deal | Senate to vote Thursday on Canada, Mexico deal | IRS provides relief for those with discharged student loans GOP senator: 2020 candidates must recuse themselves from impeachment trial MORE (R-Ky.) has said he hopes to avoid a messy trial with numerous witnesses, several moderate Republicans have indicated they are open to hearing new testimony following opening statements.
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