Epstein Secrets

A. employee, who used the pseudonym Jeremy Weber. Prosecutors were careful to avoid details about specific operations. During cross-examination, Ms. Shroff asked one C.I.A. witness: "Do you recall a time when the C.I.A. covertly tried to read Angela Merkel's emails?" referring to the German chancellor.

bout Michael's employment status until six months later, the night before he took the stand at trial as a government witness. Mr. Schulte's lawyer, Sabrina Shroff, asked in her closing argument why prosecutors had "kept this information about Michael to themselves." "It shows their doubt about the case agains

to answer for you the very basic questions. In fact, quite weirdly, I tell you that there are more questions now than when this trial first began," Shroff said to jurors. Schulte faces several charges, including illegally gathering national defense information, illegal transmission of both lawfully an

on Monday. "He's vengeful and he's full of rage and he's committed crimes that have been devastating to our national security." Schutle's attorney, Sabrina Shroff, countered that prosecutors still have not made their case that it was definitely Schulte who stole the data. She argued that passwords were shared

to answer for you the very basic questions. In fact, quite weirdly, I tell you that there are more questions now than when this trial first began," Shroff said to jurors. Schulte faces several charges, including illegally gathering national defense information, illegal transmission of both lawfully an

on Monday. "He's vengeful and he's full of rage and he's committed crimes that have been devastating to our national security." Schutle's attorney, Sabrina Shroff, countered that prosecutors still have not made their case that it was definitely Schulte who stole the data. She argued that passwords were shared

to answer for you the very basic questions. In fact, quite weirdly, I tell you that there are more questions now than when this trial first began," Shroff said to jurors. Schulte faces several charges, including illegally gathering national defense information, illegal transmission of both lawfully an

on Monday. "He's vengeful and he's full of rage and he's committed crimes that have been devastating to our national security." Schutle's attorney, Sabrina Shroff, countered that prosecutors still have not made their case that it was definitely Schulte who stole the data. She argued that passwords were shared

overnment's assertion that he leaked secrets in a "quest for revenge." Schulte might have been a difficult employee at the CIA, a "pain in the ass," Shroff said, but, she asserted, the prosecution will not be able to prove that it was he who leaked to WikiLeaks. "The evidence does not fit. There is no

ently, defense lawyers then made their own opening arguments. Schulte may have done and said damaging things during his time in jail, defense lawyer Sabrina Shroff conceded, but she rejected the central WikiLeaks charges — as well as the government's assertion that he leaked secrets in a "quest for revenge." S

bout Michael's employment status until six months later, the night before he took the stand at trial as a government witness. Mr. Schulte's lawyer, Sabrina Shroff, asked in her closing argument why prosecutors had "kept this information about Michael to themselves." "It shows their doubt about the case agains

BREAK --- SDNY News Clips, Monday, March 9, 2020 Prosecutors were careful to avoid details about specific operations. During cross-examination, Ms. Shroff asked one C.I.A. witness: "Do you recall a time when the C.I.A. covertly tried to read Angela Merkel's emails?" referring to the German chancellor.

bout Michael's employment status until six months later, the night before he took the stand at trial as a government witness. Mr. Schulte's lawyer, Sabrina Shroff, asked in her closing argument why prosecutors had "kept this information about Michael to themselves." "It shows their doubt about the case agains

BREAK --- SDNY News Clips, Monday, March 9, 2020 Prosecutors were careful to avoid details about specific operations. During cross-examination, Ms. Shroff asked one C.I.A. witness: "Do you recall a time when the C.I.A. covertly tried to read Angela Merkel's emails?" referring to the German chancellor.