The Government writes regarding the defendant’s recent extrajudicial statements and attempt to interfere with a fair trial by an impartial jury. Specifically, the defendant has sought to publicly discredit a government witness by sharing her personal writings with a reporter so that these private documents would be featured in a New York Times article published today. As such efforts have the potential to taint the jury pool, and could have a chilling effect on witnesses, the Government respectfully requests an order that limits extrajudicial statements by parties and witnesses likely to interfere with a fair trial by an impartial jury.
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Ooh, it turns out SBF gave them to the NYT. NYT forgot to mention that.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sam-bankman-fried-accused-of-tr...
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.59...
The Government writes regarding the defendant’s recent extrajudicial statements and attempt to interfere with a fair trial by an impartial jury. Specifically, the defendant has sought to publicly discredit a government witness by sharing her personal writings with a reporter so that these private documents would be featured in a New York Times article published today. As such efforts have the potential to taint the jury pool, and could have a chilling effect on witnesses, the Government respectfully requests an order that limits extrajudicial statements by parties and witnesses likely to interfere with a fair trial by an impartial jury.